How To Install systemtap-runtime-python2 on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-runtime-python2 on CentOS 7.

What is systemtap-runtime-python2

This package includes support files needed to run systemtap scripts that probe python 2 processes.

We can use yum or dnf to install systemtap-runtime-python2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install systemtap-runtime-python2.

Install systemtap-runtime-python2 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-python2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install systemtap-runtime-python2

Install systemtap-runtime-python2 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-python2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install systemtap-runtime-python2

How To Uninstall systemtap-runtime-python2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the systemtap-runtime-python2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove systemtap-runtime-python2

References

• systemtap-runtime-python2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-runtime-python2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.