How To Install systemtap-testsuite on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-testsuite on CentOS 7. systemtap-testsuite is Instrumentation System Testsuite

Introduction

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

What is systemtap-testsuite

This package includes the dejagnu-based systemtap stress self-testing suite. This may be used by system administrators to thoroughly check systemtap on the current system.

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

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

sudo yum -y install systemtap-testsuite

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

sudo dnf -y install systemtap-testsuite

How To Uninstall systemtap-testsuite on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove systemtap-testsuite

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Summary

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