How To Install trace-cmd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-cmd on CentOS 7.
What is trace-cmd
The trace-cmd utility 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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install trace-cmd.
Install trace-cmd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install trace-cmd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install trace-cmd
Install trace-cmd 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 trace-cmd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install trace-cmd
How To Uninstall trace-cmd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the trace-cmd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove trace-cmd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install trace-cmd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
