How To Install libipt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipt on Rocky Linux 8. libipt is Intel Processor Trace Decoder Library

Introduction

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

What is libipt

The Intel Processor Trace (Intel PT) Decoder Library is Intel’s reference implementation for decoding Intel PT. It can be used as a standalone library or it can be partially or fully integrated into your tool.

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

Install libipt 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 libipt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libipt

Install libipt 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 libipt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libipt

How To Uninstall libipt on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libipt

libipt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/00ccd1659063ea098e9c6848cd46e81d1871a8
/usr/lib/libipt.so.1
/usr/lib/libipt.so.1.6.1
/usr/share/doc/libipt
/usr/share/doc/libipt/README
/usr/share/licenses/libipt
/usr/share/licenses/libipt/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/8dc1d429202df245fb227a39a1e1ae9429aa39
/usr/lib64/libipt.so.1
/usr/lib64/libipt.so.1.6.1
/usr/share/doc/libipt
/usr/share/doc/libipt/README
/usr/share/licenses/libipt
/usr/share/licenses/libipt/LICENSE

References

Summary

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