How To Install systemtap-sdt-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-sdt-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is systemtap-sdt-devel
This package includes the <sys/sdt.h> header file used for static instrumentation compiled into userspace programs and libraries, along with the optional dtrace-compatibility preprocessor to process related .d files into tracing-macro-laden .h headers.
We can use yum or dnf to install systemtap-sdt-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install systemtap-sdt-devel.
Install systemtap-sdt-devel 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-sdt-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install systemtap-sdt-devel
Install systemtap-sdt-devel 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-sdt-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install systemtap-sdt-devel
How To Uninstall systemtap-sdt-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the systemtap-sdt-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove systemtap-sdt-devel
systemtap-sdt-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/dtrace
/usr/include/sys/sdt-config.h
/usr/include/sys/sdt.h
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.systemtap
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-sdt-devel
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-sdt-devel/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-sdt-devel/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-sdt-devel/README
/usr/share/licenses/systemtap-sdt-devel
/usr/share/licenses/systemtap-sdt-devel/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dtrace.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-sdt-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
