How To Install babeltrace on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install babeltrace on CentOS 7. babeltrace is Trace Viewer and Converter, mainly for the Common Trace Format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install babeltrace on CentOS 7.

What is babeltrace

This project provides trace read and write libraries, as well as a trace converter. A plugin can be created for any trace format to allow its conversion to/from another trace format. The main format expected to be converted to/from is the Common Trace Format (CTF). See http

We can use yum or dnf to install babeltrace on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install babeltrace.

Install babeltrace on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install babeltrace

Install babeltrace on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install babeltrace

How To Uninstall babeltrace on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove babeltrace

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install babeltrace on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.