How To Install ltrace on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ltrace
on CentOS 7.
What is ltrace
Ltrace is a debugging program which runs a specified command until the command exits. While the command is executing, ltrace intercepts and records both the dynamic library calls called by the executed process and the signals received by the executed process. Ltrace can also intercept and print system calls executed by the process. You should install ltrace if you need a sysadmin tool for tracking the execution of processes.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install ltrace
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ltrace.
Install ltrace on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install ltrace
using yum
by running the following command:
Install ltrace 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.
After updating yum database, We can install ltrace
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall ltrace on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ltrace
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ltrace
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.