How To Install apitrace on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install apitrace in Fedora 36. apitrace is Tools for tracing OpenGL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apitrace on Fedora 36.

What is apitrace

apitrace consists of a set of tools to * trace OpenGL and OpenGL ES APIs calls to a file; * replay OpenGL and OpenGL ES calls from a file * inspect OpenGL state at any call while retracing * visualize and edit trace files

We can use yum or dnf to install apitrace on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apitrace.

Install apitrace on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install apitrace

Install apitrace on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install apitrace

How To Uninstall apitrace on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove apitrace

apitrace Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/apitrace
/usr/bin/eglretrace
/usr/bin/glretrace
/usr/bin/gltrim
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/2405f25c6a11e82491d43fa93db0b5957e5334
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/6426c0c605504b703354724acb2192c5f95357
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/e2b95a906f4bec6562c9690852251631df1da9
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/c50fa39ce0f0349296c92232992a9d300ccda4
/usr/share/doc/apitrace
/usr/share/doc/apitrace/BUGS.markdown
/usr/share/doc/apitrace/FORMAT.markdown
/usr/share/doc/apitrace/HACKING.markdown
/usr/share/doc/apitrace/INSTALL.markdown
/usr/share/doc/apitrace/NEWS.markdown
/usr/share/doc/apitrace/README.markdown
/usr/share/doc/apitrace/TODO.markdown
/usr/share/doc/apitrace/USAGE.markdown
/usr/share/doc/apitrace/VMWX_map_buffer_debug.txt
/usr/share/licenses/apitrace
/usr/share/licenses/apitrace/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apitrace on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).