How to Install and Uninstall bpftrace.x86_64 Package on AlmaLinux 8

Last updated: November 29,2024

1. Install "bpftrace.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to install bpftrace.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                bpftrace.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bpftrace.x86_64" package

Learn how to uninstall bpftrace.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bpftrace.x86_64 package on AlmaLinux 8

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Available Packages
Name : bpftrace
Version : 0.12.1
Release : 4.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 1.3 M
Source : bpftrace-0.12.1-4.el8.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : High-level tracing language for Linux eBPF
URL : https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace
License : ASL 2.0
Description : BPFtrace is a high-level tracing language for Linux enhanced Berkeley Packet
: Filter (eBPF) available in recent Linux kernels (4.x). BPFtrace uses LLVM as a
: backend to compile scripts to BPF-bytecode and makes use of BCC for
: interacting with the Linux BPF system, as well as existing Linux tracing
: capabilities: kernel dynamic tracing (kprobes), user-level dynamic tracing
: (uprobes), and tracepoints. The BPFtrace language is inspired by awk and C,
: and predecessor tracers such as DTrace and SystemTap