How To Install gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime on CentOS 8

gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime is Programmable system-wide instrumentation system - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime on CentOS 8.

What is `gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime`

SystemTap runtime contains the components needed to execute a systemtap script that was already compiled into a module using a local or remote systemtap-devel installation.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime.

Install gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime 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-9-systemtap-runtime using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime

Install gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime 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-9-systemtap-runtime using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime

How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime

gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime Package Contents on CentOS 8

/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/bin/stap-merge
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/bin/stap-report
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/bin/stapbpf
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/bin/stapdyn
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/bin/staprun
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/bin/stapsh
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib64/systemtap
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib64/systemtap/staplog.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/libexec/systemtap
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-authorize-cert
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/libexec/systemtap/stapio
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime/AUTHORS
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime/NEWS
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime/README
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime/README.security
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/licenses/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/licenses/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime/COPYING
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/systemtap.mo
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/systemtap.mo
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/systemtap.mo
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/systemtap.mo
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man1/dtrace.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stap-merge.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stap-prep.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stap-report.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stap.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stapref.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man3/stapex.3stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man3/stapfuncs.3stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man3/stapprobes.3stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man3/stapvars.3stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::buildid.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::dwarf.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::fault.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::inode-uprobes.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::pass1.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::pass2.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::pass3.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::pass4.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::pass5.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::process-tracking.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::reporting.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::sdt.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/stappaths.7.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/warning::debuginfo.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man7/warning::symbols.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man8/stap-server.8.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man8/stapsh.8.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/cs/man8/systemtap.8.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man1/stap-report.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::buildid.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::dwarf.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::fault.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::inode-uprobes.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::pass1.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::pass2.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::pass3.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::pass4.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::pass5.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::process-tracking.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::reporting.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/error::sdt.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/stappaths.7.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/warning::debuginfo.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/warning::symbols.7stap.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man8/stapbpf.8.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man8/stapdyn.8.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man8/staprun.8.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man8/stapsh.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/60cd063679bd376cf5729cd55b8f6617b4dc66
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/4d5f2fa05f99b0d4a57fa4d1e824ee3b9da525
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/73b8124a724232ec0337068b4cde8cb6bd0d2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/b8ed96b4de095f228674b6d2bb9d19511523f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/008da8d9d38f019f9ebd9154911700fe1ed5af
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/94e9b27e9e935786b5831bcd18baacc9eb8e12
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/62f4864c7f30a446d743607218a2c6a4885748
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/172b21536e68f050c3205304713bee48070681

References

gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-runtime on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.