How To Install libipt on Fedora 34

libipt is Intel Processor Trace Decoder Library Intel Processor Trace Decoder Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipt on Fedora 34.

What is `libipt`

The Intel Processor Trace (Intel PT) Decoder Library is Intel’s reference implementation for decoding Intel PT. It can be used as a standalone library or it can be partially or fully integrated into your tool. libipt 2.0.4 1.fc34 x86_64 55 k libipt-2.0.4-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora Intel Processor Trace Decoder Library https BSD The Intel Processor Trace (Intel PT) Decoder Library is Intel’s reference implementation for decoding Intel PT. It can be used as a standalone library or it can be partially or fully integrated into your tool.

We can use yum or dnf to install libipt on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libipt.

Install libipt on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libipt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libipt

Install libipt on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libipt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libipt

How To Uninstall libipt on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libipt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libipt

libipt Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/b1f75d7cc8fea46cf00cf21c86a5999da84285
/usr/lib/libipt.so.2
/usr/lib/libipt.so.2.0.4
/usr/share/doc/libipt
/usr/share/doc/libipt/README
/usr/share/licenses/libipt
/usr/share/licenses/libipt/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/252b5e5cdf270d09471ecd38bc26ee21bfcb55
/usr/lib64/libipt.so.2
/usr/lib64/libipt.so.2.0.4
/usr/share/doc/libipt
/usr/share/doc/libipt/README
/usr/share/licenses/libipt
/usr/share/licenses/libipt/LICENSE

References

[libipt website](https://github.com/intel/libipt https://github.com/intel/libipt)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipt on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.