How To Install vtable-dumper on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtable-dumper on Rocky Linux 8. vtable-dumper is Tool to list content of virtual tables in a C++ shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtable-dumper on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `vtable-dumper`

Vtable-Dumper is a tool to list content of virtual tables in a C++ shared library. It is intended for developers of software libraries and maintainers of Linux distributions who are interested in ensuring backward binary compatibility.

We can use yum or dnf to install vtable-dumper on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vtable-dumper.

Install vtable-dumper on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vtable-dumper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vtable-dumper

Install vtable-dumper on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vtable-dumper using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vtable-dumper

How To Uninstall vtable-dumper on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the vtable-dumper package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vtable-dumper

vtable-dumper Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/vtable-dumper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/34ea5a11577c213e07d3a6b7f448aa6c47e01b
/usr/share/doc/vtable-dumper
/usr/share/doc/vtable-dumper/README
/usr/share/licenses/vtable-dumper
/usr/share/licenses/vtable-dumper/LICENSE

References

vtable-dumper website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vtable-dumper on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.