How To Install kabi-dw on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kabi-dw in Fedora 36. kabi-dw is Detect changes in the ABI between kernel builds

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kabi-dw on Fedora 36.

What is `kabi-dw`

The aim of kabi-dw is to detect any changes in the ABI between the successive builds of the Linux kernel. This is done by dumping the DWARF type information (the .debug_info section) for the specific symbols into the text files and later comparing the text files.

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

Install kabi-dw 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 kabi-dw using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kabi-dw

Install kabi-dw 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 kabi-dw using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kabi-dw

How To Uninstall kabi-dw on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the kabi-dw package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kabi-dw

kabi-dw Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/kabi-dw
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/4d83f1ffe514455737bfd2cfca4d0f3469e336
/usr/share/doc/kabi-dw
/usr/share/doc/kabi-dw/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/kabi-dw
/usr/share/licenses/kabi-dw/COPYING

References

kabi-dw website

Summary

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