How to resolve “-bash: ifconfig: command not found” on CentOS 8

By default ifconfig command is not available in CentOS8 minimal installation and other Linux distributions. ifconfig command is available by installing package net-tools. ip a command can be used instead of ifconfig command on CentOS8 minimal installation.
This article describes How to resolve “-bash: ifconfig: command not found” on CentOS8.

[root@linuxcnf ~]# ifconfig -bash: ifconfig: command not found [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Step 1. Package Installation: Run the following command to install net-tools package:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# dnf install net-tools CentOS-8 – AppStream ……………………. Installed:   net-tools-2.0-0.51.20160912git.el8.x86_64 Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Step 2. Verification: Run the following commands to verify the installation:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# which ifconfig /usr/sbin/ifconfig [root@linuxcnf ~]#

[root@linuxcnf ~]# ifconfig eth0 eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500         inet 192.168.43.168  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.43.255         inet6 fe80::7b8b:a3a1:a54b:5bb2  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>         inet6 2405:204:3014:5b7d:3219:8b07:a73c:3565  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>         inet6 2405:204:30aa:dedf:c8fe:ecd8:149:6ca6  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>         ether 08:00:27:83:e3:fa  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)         RX packets 13571  bytes 16761854 (15.9 MiB)         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0         TX packets 7097  bytes 616118 (601.6 KiB)         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

Done!!! Now the ifconfig command is available in the system.