How To Install bpftool on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpftool on Rocky Linux 8.
What is bpftool
This package contains the bpftool, which allows inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF programs and maps.
We can use yum or dnf to install bpftool on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bpftool.
Install bpftool on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bpftool using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bpftool
Install bpftool on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bpftool using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bpftool
How To Uninstall bpftool on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the bpftool package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bpftool
bpftool Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/bash_completion.d/bpftool
/usr/sbin/bpftool
/usr/share/man/man7/bpf-helpers.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-btf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-cgroup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-feature.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-gen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-iter.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-link.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-map.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-net.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-perf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-prog.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-struct_ops.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpftool on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.