--- title: Install IPC Pipe and Unix Socket Viewer on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of IPC Pipe and Unix Socket Viewer for on Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Live Linux UNIX domain socket, named FIFO pipe & shared memory viewer url: https://snapcraft.io/install/ipc-pipe-socket-viewer/rhel --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install IPC Pipe and Unix Socket Viewer on **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** # IPC Pipe and Unix Socket Viewer (ipc-pipe-socket-viewer) [TC Studio (thanhcong1902)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhcong1902 "View all snaps from TC Studio (thanhcong1902)") * [TC Studio (thanhcong1902)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhcong1902 "View all snaps from TC Studio (thanhcong1902)") [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/ipc-pipe-socket-viewer/rhel#install) #### Live Linux UNIX domain socket, named FIFO pipe & shared memory viewer IPC Pipe and Unix Socket Viewer is a desktop Inter-Process Communication (IPC) inspector for Linux developers and system administrators. An independent Linux alternative inspired by command-line PipeList, ipcs, and ss -x utilities, it inspects live kernel tables in /proc/net/unix, /proc/sysvipc, /dev/shm, and filesystem FIFO nodes to map active local communication channels. Key Features: * Live UNIX Domain Socket Table (/proc/net/unix): Displays active SOCK\_STREAM, SOCK\_DGRAM, and SOCK\_SEQPACKET sockets with kernel reference counts, listening flags, connection states, inode numbers, filesystem paths, @abstract namespace identifiers, and accessible owner PIDs. * Named FIFO & Anonymous Pipe Scanner: Scans /run, /tmp, and user directories for POSIX named FIFO pipes (S\_ISFIFO) via lstat() and groups active pipe:[inode] descriptors across accessible processes. * System V IPC & POSIX Shared Memory Inspector: Reads /proc/sysvipc/shm, /proc/sysvipc/sem, and /proc/sysvipc/msg alongside /dev/shm POSIX shared memory segments with byte sizes, attachment counts, and permissions. * Protocol Telemetry & Export: Renders a live IPC mechanism breakdown chart and exports complete socket, pipe, and shared memory inventories to CSV and JSON. Disclaimer: This project is an independent open-source tool and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Microsoft Corporation. ### Package name * ipc-pipe-socket-viewer --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * Today - latest/stable --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/ipc-pipe-socket-viewer/rhel#report-snap-modal) --- [See more information about ipc-pipe-socket-viewer ›](https://snapcraft.io/ipc-pipe-socket-viewer) ## Enable snaps on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and install IPC Pipe and Unix Socket Viewer Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap is available for [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8](https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8) and RHEL 7, from the 7.6 release onward. The packages for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9 are in each distribution’s respective [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The instructions for adding this repository diverge slightly between RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, which is why they’re listed separately below. The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 9** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 8** with the following command: ``` sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm sudo dnf upgrade ``` The EPEL repository can be added to **RHEL 7** with the following command: ``` sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm ``` Adding the *optional* and *extras* repositories is also recommended: ``` sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms" sudo yum update ``` Snap can now be installed as follows: ``` sudo yum install snapd ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again or restart your system to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install IPC Pipe and Unix Socket Viewer To install IPC Pipe and Unix Socket Viewer, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install ipc-pipe-socket-viewer ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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