How To Install libperf on Fedora 34

libperf is The perf library from kernel source The perf library from kernel source

Introduction

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

What is `libperf`

This package contains the kernel source perf library. libperf 5.13.6 200.fc34 x86_64 37 k kernel-tools-5.13.6-200.fc34.src.rpm updates The perf library from kernel source http GPLv2 This package contains the kernel source perf library.

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

Install libperf 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 libperf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libperf

Install libperf 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 libperf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libperf

How To Uninstall libperf on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libperf

libperf Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/fda85112860dd5c05dcb821f637022a167dca1
/usr/lib/libperf.so.0
/usr/lib/libperf.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libperf
/usr/share/licenses/libperf/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/fe1db168c62bbfc0ec4844deb36d7342c74de3
/usr/lib64/libperf.so.0
/usr/lib64/libperf.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libperf
/usr/share/licenses/libperf/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/d63d1459d8714f0f12f5b076b15193b411c5cd
/usr/lib64/libperf.so.0
/usr/lib64/libperf.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libperf
/usr/share/licenses/libperf/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/53fccf640936f79880801befaf8e104e4400be
/usr/lib/libperf.so.0
/usr/lib/libperf.so.0.0.1
/usr/share/licenses/libperf
/usr/share/licenses/libperf/COPYING

References

[libperf website](http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.kernel.org/)

Summary

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