How To Install otf2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install otf2 on Rocky Linux 8. otf2 is Open Trace Format 2 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install otf2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is otf2

The Open Trace Format 2 (OTF2) is a highly scalable, memory efficient event trace data format plus support library.

We can use yum or dnf to install otf2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install otf2.

Install otf2 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 otf2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install otf2

Install otf2 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 otf2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install otf2

How To Uninstall otf2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the otf2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove otf2

otf2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/otf2-estimator
/usr/bin/otf2-marker
/usr/bin/otf2-print
/usr/bin/otf2-snapshots
/usr/bin/otf2-template
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/f421fedf5922f7b9349df7d2a89ce5f880d303
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/36240814b555e7a7150e523e504f9e86450636
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/d836964fef41fb68adf1797ace686e36f36cbb
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/35feec2d4be9a5e2e7c8c07d6d02dfa17300a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/8bdcab97b49dc5c43926e69e84b724c0e502b5
/usr/lib64/libotf2.so.7
/usr/lib64/libotf2.so.7.2.0
/usr/share/doc/otf2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/otf2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/otf2/OPEN_ISSUES
/usr/share/doc/otf2/README
/usr/share/licenses/otf2
/usr/share/licenses/otf2/COPYING
/usr/share/otf2
/usr/share/otf2/otf2.summary

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install otf2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.