How To Install trace-cmd on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-cmd
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is trace-cmd
trace-cmd is a user interface to Ftrace. Instead of needing to use the debugfs directly, trace-cmd will handle of setting of options and tracers and will record into a data file.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install trace-cmd
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install trace-cmd.
Install trace-cmd on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install trace-cmd
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install trace-cmd
Install trace-cmd on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install trace-cmd
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install trace-cmd
How To Uninstall trace-cmd on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the trace-cmd
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove trace-cmd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-cmd
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.