How To Install systemtap-sdt-devel on CentOS 8

systemtap-sdt-devel is Static probe support tools Static probe support tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-sdt-devel on CentOS 8.

What is systemtap-sdt-devel

This package includes the <sys/sdt.h> header file used for static instrumentation compiled into userspace programs and libraries, along with the optional dtrace-compatibility preprocessor to process related .d files into tracing-macro-laden .h headers. systemtap-sdt-devel 4.4 10.el8 x86_64 85 k systemtap-4.4-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Static probe support tools http GPLv2+ and Public Domain This package includes the <sys/sdt.h> header file used for static instrumentation compiled into userspace programs and libraries, along with the optional dtrace-compatibility preprocessor to process related .d files into tracing-macro-laden .h headers.

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

Install systemtap-sdt-devel 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 systemtap-sdt-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install systemtap-sdt-devel

Install systemtap-sdt-devel 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 systemtap-sdt-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install systemtap-sdt-devel

How To Uninstall systemtap-sdt-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the systemtap-sdt-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove systemtap-sdt-devel

systemtap-sdt-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/dtrace
/usr/include/sys/sdt-config.h
/usr/include/sys/sdt.h
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.systemtap
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-sdt-devel
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-sdt-devel/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-sdt-devel/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-sdt-devel/README
/usr/share/licenses/systemtap-sdt-devel
/usr/share/licenses/systemtap-sdt-devel/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/dtrace.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-sdt-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.