How To Install memstrack on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install memstrack on Rocky Linux 8. memstrack is A memory allocation tracer, like a hot spot analyzer for memory allocation

Introduction

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

What is memstrack

A memory allocation tracer, like a hot spot analyzer for memory allocation

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

Install memstrack 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 memstrack using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install memstrack

Install memstrack 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 memstrack using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install memstrack

How To Uninstall memstrack on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove memstrack

memstrack Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/memstrack
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/30ff19feed6c232aa9bd39c88bd0dea0c15258
/usr/share/doc/memstrack
/usr/share/doc/memstrack/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/memstrack
/usr/share/licenses/memstrack/LICENSE

References

Summary

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