How To Install gcc-toolset-10-strace on CentOS 8

gcc-toolset-10-strace is Tracks and displays system calls associated with a running process

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-10-strace on CentOS 8.

What is gcc-toolset-10-strace

The strace program intercepts and records the system calls called and received by a running process. Strace can print a record of each system call, its arguments and its return value. Strace is useful for diagnosing problems and debugging, as well as for instructional purposes. Install strace if you need a tool to track the system calls made and received by a process.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-10-strace on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-10-strace.

Install gcc-toolset-10-strace 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 gcc-toolset-10-strace using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-10-strace

Install gcc-toolset-10-strace 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 gcc-toolset-10-strace using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-10-strace

How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-10-strace on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-10-strace package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-10-strace

gcc-toolset-10-strace Package Contents on CentOS 8

/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/bin/strace
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/bin/strace-log-merge
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-strace
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-strace/COPYING
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-strace/CREDITS
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-strace/ChangeLog-CVS.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-strace/ChangeLog.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-strace/LGPL-2.1-or-later
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-strace/NEWS
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-strace/README
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/man/man1/strace-log-merge.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/man/man1/strace.1.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/4c07c909fd861a594f5b1dd45058a3d41a5be3

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-10-strace on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.