How To Install strace on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install strace in Fedora 36. strace is Tracks and displays system calls associated with a running process

Introduction

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

What is `strace`

The strace program intercepts and records the system calls called and received by a running process. Strace can print a record of each system call, its arguments and its return value. Strace is useful for diagnosing problems and debugging, as well as for instructional purposes. Install strace if you need a tool to track the system calls made and received by a process.

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

Install strace 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 strace using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install strace

Install strace 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 strace using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install strace

How To Uninstall strace on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove strace

strace Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/strace
/usr/bin/strace-log-merge
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/6ae095aaf10be9ce51f3c7ea61d35206eccd07
/usr/share/doc/strace
/usr/share/doc/strace/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/strace/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/strace/ChangeLog-CVS.gz
/usr/share/doc/strace/ChangeLog.gz
/usr/share/doc/strace/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/strace/README
/usr/share/man/man1/strace-log-merge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/strace.1.gz

References

strace website

Summary

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