How To Install systemtap-client on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-client on CentOS 7.
What is systemtap-client
This package contains/requires the components needed to develop systemtap scripts, and compile them using a local systemtap-devel or a remote systemtap-server installation, then run them using a local or remote systemtap-runtime. It includes script samples and documentation, and a copy of the tapset library for reference.
We can use yum or dnf to install systemtap-client on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install systemtap-client.
Install systemtap-client on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install systemtap-client using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install systemtap-client
Install systemtap-client 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 systemtap-client using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install systemtap-client
How To Uninstall systemtap-client on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the systemtap-client package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove systemtap-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-client on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
