How To Install vtable-dumper on CentOS 8

vtable-dumper is Tool to list content of virtual tables in a C++ shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtable-dumper on CentOS 8.

What is vtable-dumper

Vtable-Dumper is a tool to list content of virtual tables in a C++ shared library. It is intended for developers of software libraries and maintainers of Linux distributions who are interested in ensuring backward binary compatibility.

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

Install vtable-dumper 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 vtable-dumper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vtable-dumper

Install vtable-dumper 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 vtable-dumper using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vtable-dumper

How To Uninstall vtable-dumper on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the vtable-dumper package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vtable-dumper

vtable-dumper Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/vtable-dumper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/34ea5a11577c213e07d3a6b7f448aa6c47e01b
/usr/share/doc/vtable-dumper
/usr/share/doc/vtable-dumper/README
/usr/share/licenses/vtable-dumper
/usr/share/licenses/vtable-dumper/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtable-dumper on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.