How To Install kabi-dw on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kabi-dw on CentOS 8.
What is kabi-dw
The aim of kabi-dw is to detect any changes in the ABI between the successive builds of the Linux kernel. This is done by dumping the DWARF type information (the .debug_info section) for the specific symbols into the text files and later comparing the text files.
We can use yum or dnf to install kabi-dw on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kabi-dw.
Install kabi-dw 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 kabi-dw using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kabi-dw
Install kabi-dw 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 kabi-dw using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kabi-dw
How To Uninstall kabi-dw on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the kabi-dw package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kabi-dw
kabi-dw Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/kabi-dw
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/99089ffc285f5335584e968ae739eb6f8db3b0
/usr/share/doc/kabi-dw
/usr/share/doc/kabi-dw/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/kabi-dw
/usr/share/licenses/kabi-dw/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kabi-dw on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.