How To Install bpftrace on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpftrace on AlmaLinux 8.
What is bpftrace
BPFtrace is a high-level tracing language for Linux enhanced Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) available in recent Linux kernels (4.x). BPFtrace uses LLVM as a backend to compile scripts to BPF-bytecode and makes use of BCC for interacting with the Linux BPF system, as well as existing Linux tracing capabilities (uprobes), and tracepoints. The BPFtrace language is inspired by awk and C, and predecessor tracers such as DTrace and SystemTap
We can use yum or dnf to install bpftrace on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bpftrace.
Install bpftrace on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bpftrace using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bpftrace
Install bpftrace on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install bpftrace using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bpftrace
How To Uninstall bpftrace on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the bpftrace package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bpftrace
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpftrace on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.