How To Install csexec on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install csexec on CentOS 8.
What is csexec
This package contains csexec - a dynamic linker wrapper. The wrapper can be used to run dynamic analyzers and formal verifiers on source RPM package fully automatically.
We can use yum or dnf to install csexec on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install csexec.
Install csexec 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 csexec using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install csexec
Install csexec 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 csexec using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install csexec
How To Uninstall csexec on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the csexec package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove csexec
csexec Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/csexec
/usr/bin/csexec-loader
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/dd62fc628d972a419b008161f27b0bbab2765c
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/9a059b1ddbd764be141677a86597f17ce6b09a
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/08ce2cd2d2cc689017708de7a5e6fcd6eb9199
/usr/lib64/libcsexec-preload.so
/usr/share/doc/csexec
/usr/share/doc/csexec/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install csexec on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.