How To Install execstack on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install execstack on CentOS 8.
What is execstack
This package is built from prelink sources but contains just the execstack binary. It can be used manipulate ELF binaries to run with or without executable stack.
We can use yum or dnf to install execstack on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install execstack.
Install execstack on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install execstack using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install execstack
Install execstack on CentOS 8 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 execstack using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install execstack
How To Uninstall execstack on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the execstack package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove execstack
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install execstack on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.