How To Install lttng-tools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lttng-tools on CentOS 7.
What is lttng-tools
This package provides the unified interface to control both the LTTng kernel and userspace (UST) tracers.
We can use yum or dnf to install lttng-tools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lttng-tools.
Install lttng-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lttng-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lttng-tools
Install lttng-tools 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.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lttng-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lttng-tools
How To Uninstall lttng-tools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lttng-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lttng-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lttng-tools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
