How To Install ElectricFence on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ElectricFence in Fedora 36. ElectricFence is A debugger which detects memory allocation violations

Introduction

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

What is ElectricFence

ElectricFence is a utility for C programming and debugging. ElectricFence uses the virtual memory hardware of your system to detect when software overruns malloc() buffer boundaries, and/or to detect any accesses of memory released by free(). ElectricFence will then stop the program on the first instruction that caused a bounds violation and you can use your favorite debugger to display the offending statement. Install ElectricFence if you need a debugger to find malloc() violations.

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

Install ElectricFence 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 ElectricFence using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ElectricFence

Install ElectricFence 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 ElectricFence using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ElectricFence

How To Uninstall ElectricFence on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ElectricFence

ElectricFence Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/689f6b8cab8d800a57b9ec6eb317e328488f80
/usr/lib/libefence.a
/usr/lib/libefence.so
/usr/lib/libefence.so.0
/usr/lib/libefence.so.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ElectricFence
/usr/share/doc/ElectricFence/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/ElectricFence/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ElectricFence/README
/usr/share/man/man1/ef.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/efence.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libefence.3.gz

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

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

What is ElectricFence

ElectricFence is a utility for C programming and debugging. ElectricFence uses the virtual memory hardware of your system to detect when software overruns malloc() buffer boundaries, and/or to detect any accesses of memory released by free(). ElectricFence will then stop the program on the first instruction that caused a bounds violation and you can use your favorite debugger to display the offending statement. Install ElectricFence if you need a debugger to find malloc() violations.

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

Install ElectricFence 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 ElectricFence using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ElectricFence

Install ElectricFence 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 ElectricFence using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ElectricFence

How To Uninstall ElectricFence on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ElectricFence

ElectricFence Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/54c3884860d2ad606621b6a7a715957286dd04
/usr/lib64/libefence.a
/usr/lib64/libefence.so
/usr/lib64/libefence.so.0
/usr/lib64/libefence.so.0.0
/usr/share/doc/ElectricFence
/usr/share/doc/ElectricFence/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/ElectricFence/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ElectricFence/README
/usr/share/man/man1/ef.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/efence.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libefence.3.gz

References

Summary

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