How To Install execstack on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install execstack on Rocky Linux 8. execstack is Utility to set/clear/query executable stack bit

Introduction

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

What is execstack

This package is built from prelink sources but contains just the execstack binary. It can be used manipulate ELF binaries to run with or without executable stack.

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

Install execstack 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 execstack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install execstack

Install execstack 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 execstack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install execstack

How To Uninstall execstack on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove execstack

execstack Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/execstack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/80e8e7c02f8225788167092507a9ca5c8781be
/usr/share/doc/execstack
/usr/share/doc/execstack/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/execstack/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/execstack/README
/usr/share/doc/execstack/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/execstack/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/execstack
/usr/share/licenses/execstack/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/execstack.8.gz

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Summary

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