How To Install drgn on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install drgn on Rocky Linux 8. drgn is Scriptable debugger library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drgn on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `drgn`

drgn (pronounced “dragon”) is a debugger with an emphasis on programmability. drgn exposes the types and variables in a program for easy, expressive scripting in Python.

We can use yum or dnf to install drgn on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install drgn.

Install drgn on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install drgn using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install drgn

Install drgn on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install drgn using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install drgn

How To Uninstall drgn on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the drgn package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove drgn

drgn Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/drgn
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/2edf9411df5e9953d316a9aa7db470640ebc13
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_drgn.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_drgn.pyi
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn-0.0.13-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn-0.0.13-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn-0.0.13-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn-0.0.13-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn-0.0.13-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn-0.0.13-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/__main__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/block.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/block.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/boot.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/boot.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/bpf.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/bpf.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/cgroup.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/cgroup.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/cpumask.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/cpumask.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/device.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/device.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/fs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/fs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/idr.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/idr.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/kconfig.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/kconfig.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/kernfs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/kernfs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/list.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/list.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/list_nulls.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/list_nulls.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/mm.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/mm.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/net.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/net.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/percpu.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/percpu.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/pid.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/pid.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/radixtree.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/radixtree.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/rbtree.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/rbtree.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/sched.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/sched.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/tcp.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/tcp.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/user.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/__pycache__/user.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/block.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/boot.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/bpf.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/cgroup.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/cpumask.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/device.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/fs.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/idr.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/kconfig.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/kernfs.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/list.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/list_nulls.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/mm.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/net.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/percpu.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/pid.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/radixtree.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/rbtree.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/sched.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/tcp.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/helpers/linux/user.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/__pycache__/rlcompleter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/__pycache__/rlcompleter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/cli.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/rlcompleter.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/internal/version.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/drgn/py.typed
/usr/share/doc/drgn
/usr/share/doc/drgn/README.rst
/usr/share/drgn
/usr/share/drgn/examples
/usr/share/drgn/examples/linux
/usr/share/drgn/examples/linux/cgroup.py
/usr/share/drgn/examples/linux/fs_inodes.py
/usr/share/drgn/examples/linux/lsmod.py
/usr/share/drgn/examples/linux/ps.py
/usr/share/drgn/examples/linux/tcp_sock.py
/usr/share/drgn/tools
/usr/share/drgn/tools/bpf_inspect.py
/usr/share/licenses/drgn
/usr/share/licenses/drgn/COPYING

References

drgn website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install drgn on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.