How To Install bcc-doc on CentOS 8

bcc-doc is Examples for BPF Compiler Collection (BCC)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcc-doc on CentOS 8.

What is `bcc-doc`

Examples for BPF Compiler Collection (BCC)

We can use yum or dnf to install bcc-doc on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bcc-doc.

Install bcc-doc on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bcc-doc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bcc-doc

Install bcc-doc on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bcc-doc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bcc-doc

How To Uninstall bcc-doc on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the bcc-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bcc-doc

bcc-doc Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/bcc/examples
/usr/share/bcc/examples/hello_world.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/distributed_bridge
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/distributed_bridge/main.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/distributed_bridge/simulation.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/distributed_bridge/tunnel.c
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/distributed_bridge/tunnel.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/distributed_bridge/tunnel_mesh.c
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/distributed_bridge/tunnel_mesh.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/http_filter
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/http_filter/README.md
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/http_filter/http-parse-complete.c
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/http_filter/http-parse-complete.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/http_filter/http-parse-simple.c
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/http_filter/http-parse-simple.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/neighbor_sharing
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/neighbor_sharing/README.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/neighbor_sharing/simulation.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/neighbor_sharing/tc_neighbor_sharing.c
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/neighbor_sharing/tc_neighbor_sharing.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/simple_tc.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/simulation.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tc_perf_event.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tunnel_monitor
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tunnel_monitor/README.md
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tunnel_monitor/chord.png
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tunnel_monitor/main.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tunnel_monitor/monitor.c
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tunnel_monitor/monitor.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tunnel_monitor/setup.sh
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tunnel_monitor/simulation.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tunnel_monitor/traffic.sh
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/tunnel_monitor/vxlan.jpg
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/vlan_learning
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/vlan_learning/README.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/vlan_learning/simulation.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/vlan_learning/vlan_learning.c
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/vlan_learning/vlan_learning.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/xdp
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/xdp/xdp_drop_count.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/xdp/xdp_macswap_count.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/xdp/xdp_redirect_cpu.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/networking/xdp/xdp_redirect_map.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/CMakeLists.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/biolatpcts.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/biolatpcts_example.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/bitehist.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/bitehist_example.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/dddos.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/dddos_example.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/disksnoop.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/disksnoop_example.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/hello_fields.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/hello_perf_output.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/hello_perf_output_using_ns.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/kvm_hypercall.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/kvm_hypercall.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/mallocstacks.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/mysqld_query.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/mysqld_query_example.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/nflatency.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/nodejs_http_server.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/nodejs_http_server_example.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/stack_buildid_example.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/stacksnoop.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/stacksnoop_example.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/strlen_count.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/strlen_hist.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/strlen_snoop.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/sync_timing.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/task_switch.c
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/task_switch.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/tcpv4connect.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/tcpv4connect_example.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/trace_fields.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/trace_perf_output.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/urandomread-explicit.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/urandomread.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/urandomread_example.txt
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/vfsreadlat.c
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/vfsreadlat.py
/usr/share/bcc/examples/tracing/vfsreadlat_example.txt

References

bcc-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcc-doc on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.