How To Install systemtap-runtime-java on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is systemtap-runtime-java

This package includes support files needed to run systemtap scripts that probe Java processes running on the OpenJDK runtimes using Byteman.

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

Install systemtap-runtime-java 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-runtime-java using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install systemtap-runtime-java

Install systemtap-runtime-java 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-runtime-java using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install systemtap-runtime-java

How To Uninstall systemtap-runtime-java on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove systemtap-runtime-java

References

• systemtap-runtime-java website

Summary

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