How To Install fdr on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fdr in Fedora 36. fdr is A daemon which enables ftrace probes and harvests the data

Introduction

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

What is `fdr`

The flight data recorder, a daemon which enables ftrace probes and harvests the data

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

Install fdr 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 fdr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fdr

Install fdr 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 fdr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fdr

How To Uninstall fdr on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fdr

fdr Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/36f2f0b47f495357890ccda5d6316b1eaf665f
/usr/lib/systemd/system/fdr.service
/usr/sbin/fdrd
/usr/share/doc/fdr
/usr/share/doc/fdr/README.md
/usr/share/fdr/samples/nfs
/usr/share/fdr/samples/nfs.logrotate
/usr/share/licenses/fdr
/usr/share/licenses/fdr/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/fdrd.8.gz

References

fdr website

Summary

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