How To Install gperftools-libs on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gperftools-libs on CentOS 8. gperftools-libs is Libraries provided by gperftools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gperftools-libs on CentOS 8.

What is gperftools-libs

Libraries provided by gperftools, including libtcmalloc and libprofiler.

We can use yum or dnf to install gperftools-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gperftools-libs.

Install gperftools-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gperftools-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gperftools-libs

Install gperftools-libs 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 gperftools-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gperftools-libs

How To Uninstall gperftools-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gperftools-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gperftools-libs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gperftools-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.