How To Install erlang-observer on CentOS 8

erlang-observer is A set of tools for tracing and investigation of distributed systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-observer on CentOS 8.

What is erlang-observer

A set of tools for tracing and investigation of distributed systems.

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

Install erlang-observer 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 erlang-observer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install erlang-observer

Install erlang-observer 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 erlang-observer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install erlang-observer

How To Uninstall erlang-observer on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the erlang-observer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove erlang-observer

erlang-observer Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_atom_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_bin_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_detail_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_dist_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_ets_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_fun_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_gen_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_html_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_info_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_int_tab_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_mem_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_mod_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_multi_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_persistent_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_port_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_proc_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_sched_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_table_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_term_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_timer_cb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_virtual_list_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/cdv_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/crashdump_viewer.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/etop.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/etop_tr.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/etop_txt.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer.appup
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_alloc_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_app_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_html_lib.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_lib.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_perf_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_port_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_pro_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_procinfo.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_sys_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_trace_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_traceoptions_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_tv_table.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_tv_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/observer_wx.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/ttb.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/ebin/ttb_et.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/include
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/include/etop.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/priv
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/priv/bin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/priv/bin/cdv
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/priv/bin/etop
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/priv/erlang_observer.png
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/src
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/src/crashdump_viewer.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/src/etop_defs.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/src/observer_defs.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/observer-2.9.1/src/observer_tv.hrl

References

Summary

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