How To Install elfutils-default-yama-scope on CentOS 8

elfutils-default-yama-scope is Default yama attach scope sysctl setting Default yama attach scope sysctl setting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-default-yama-scope on CentOS 8.

What is elfutils-default-yama-scope

Yama sysctl setting to enable default attach scope settings enabling programs to use ptrace attach, access to /proc/PID/{mem,personality,stack,syscall}, and the syscalls process_vm_readv and process_vm_writev which are used for interprocess services, communication and introspection (like synchronisation, signaling, debugging, tracing and profiling) of processes. elfutils-default-yama-scope 0.182 3.el8 noarch 49 k elfutils-0.182-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Default yama attach scope sysctl setting http GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+ Yama sysctl setting to enable default attach scope settings enabling programs to use ptrace attach, access to /proc/PID/{mem,personality,stack,syscall}, and the syscalls process_vm_readv and process_vm_writev which are used for interprocess services, communication and introspection (like synchronisation, signaling, debugging, tracing and profiling) of processes.

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

Install elfutils-default-yama-scope 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 elfutils-default-yama-scope using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-default-yama-scope

Install elfutils-default-yama-scope 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 elfutils-default-yama-scope using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elfutils-default-yama-scope

How To Uninstall elfutils-default-yama-scope on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the elfutils-default-yama-scope package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove elfutils-default-yama-scope

elfutils-default-yama-scope Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/sysctl.d/10-default-yama-scope.conf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-default-yama-scope on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.