How To Install erlang-runtime_tools on CentOS 8

erlang-runtime_tools is A set of tools to include in a production system

Introduction

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

What is `erlang-runtime_tools`

A set of tools to include in a production system.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install erlang-runtime_tools

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

sudo yum -y install erlang-runtime_tools

How To Uninstall erlang-runtime_tools on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove erlang-runtime_tools

erlang-runtime_tools Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/dd004d97eba9ccc57edd1369020d08644ddec4
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/251bbb12c2907f507caa7e913917103602a3c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/53e9024ce8714bb310248f11b089d32ab57936
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/appmon_info.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/dbg.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/dyntrace.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/erts_alloc_config.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/msacc.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/observer_backend.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/runtime_tools.app
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/runtime_tools.appup
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/runtime_tools.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/runtime_tools_sup.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/scheduler.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/system_information.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/ebin/ttb_autostart.beam
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/include
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/include/observer_backend.hrl
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/priv
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/priv/lib
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/priv/lib/dyntrace.so
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/priv/lib/trace_file_drv.so
/usr/lib64/erlang/lib/runtime_tools-1.13.3/priv/lib/trace_ip_drv.so

References

erlang-runtime_tools website

Summary

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