How To Install systemtap-runtime-python3 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-runtime-python3 on Rocky Linux 8. systemtap-runtime-python3 is Systemtap Python 3 Runtime Support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-runtime-python3 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is systemtap-runtime-python3

This package includes support files needed to run systemtap scripts that probe python 3 processes.

We can use yum or dnf to install systemtap-runtime-python3 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install systemtap-runtime-python3.

Install systemtap-runtime-python3 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 systemtap-runtime-python3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install systemtap-runtime-python3

Install systemtap-runtime-python3 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 systemtap-runtime-python3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install systemtap-runtime-python3

How To Uninstall systemtap-runtime-python3 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the systemtap-runtime-python3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove systemtap-runtime-python3

systemtap-runtime-python3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/8b7bb027a65ffd34d524f9b81586c7b89a16f8
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT-0.1.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT-0.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT-0.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT-0.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT-0.1.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT/_HelperSDT.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT/__main__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/HelperSDT/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-runtime-python3 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.