How To Install systemtap-sdt-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-sdt-devel on CentOS 7. systemtap-sdt-devel is Static probe support tools

Introduction

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

What is systemtap-sdt-devel

This package includes the <sys/sdt.h> header file used for static instrumentation compiled into userspace programs and libraries, along with the optional dtrace-compatibility preprocessor to process related .d files into tracing-macro-laden .h headers. This package includes the <sys/sdt.h> header file used for static instrumentation compiled into userspace programs and libraries, along with the optional dtrace-compatibility preprocessor to process related .d files into tracing-macro-laden .h headers.

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

Install systemtap-sdt-devel 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-sdt-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install systemtap-sdt-devel

Install systemtap-sdt-devel 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-sdt-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install systemtap-sdt-devel

How To Uninstall systemtap-sdt-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove systemtap-sdt-devel

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Summary

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