How To Install systemtap-initscript on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-initscript on CentOS 7. systemtap-initscript is Systemtap Initscripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-initscript on CentOS 7.

What is systemtap-initscript

This package includes a SysVinit script to launch selected systemtap scripts at system startup, along with a dracut module for early boot-time probing if supported.

We can use yum or dnf to install systemtap-initscript on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install systemtap-initscript.

Install systemtap-initscript 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-initscript using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install systemtap-initscript

Install systemtap-initscript 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-initscript using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install systemtap-initscript

How To Uninstall systemtap-initscript on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the systemtap-initscript package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove systemtap-initscript

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-initscript on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.