How To Install systemtap-runtime-java on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-runtime-java on Rocky Linux 8. systemtap-runtime-java is Systemtap Java Runtime Support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-runtime-java on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. 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 Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install systemtap-runtime-java using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install systemtap-runtime-java

Install systemtap-runtime-java on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install systemtap-runtime-java using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install systemtap-runtime-java

How To Uninstall systemtap-runtime-java on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove systemtap-runtime-java

systemtap-runtime-java Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/58d417d251704aa24bf4517fbb5dbd9d64bf6a
/usr/libexec/systemtap
/usr/libexec/systemtap/HelperSDT.jar
/usr/libexec/systemtap/libHelperSDT_amd64.so
/usr/libexec/systemtap/stapbm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-runtime-java on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.