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

gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-server is Instrumentation System Server

Introduction

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

What is gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-server

This is the remote script compilation server component of systemtap. It announces itself to nearby clients with avahi (if available), and compiles systemtap scripts to kernel objects on their demand.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-server 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-server.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

/etc/rc.d/init.d/gcc-toolset-9-stap-server
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/etc/logrotate.d/stap-server
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/etc/stap-server
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/etc/stap-server/conf.d
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/etc/sysconfig/stap-server
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/bin/stap-server
/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/stap-env
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-gen-cert
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-serverd
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-sign-module
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-start-server
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-stop-server
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-server
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-server/AUTHORS
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-server/NEWS
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-server/README
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-server/README.unprivileged
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/licenses/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-server
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/licenses/gcc-toolset-9-systemtap-server/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/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/stap-server.8.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/var/lib/stap-server
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/var/lib/stap-server/.systemtap
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/var/log/stap-server
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/var/log/stap-server/log
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/var/run/stap-server
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/18030cabb2ba902d31ccc2b4936fc381510475
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/8acbe742c87bffc6b68a386b963a92d586036e
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/172b21536e68f050c3205304713bee48070681
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/e33e43ea7bed6c6e4da3e546a983f347b22d58

References

Summary

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