How to Install and Uninstall glibc-utils.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: February 28,2025

1. Install "glibc-utils.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to install glibc-utils.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                glibc-utils.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "glibc-utils.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall glibc-utils.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                glibc-utils.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glibc-utils.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

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Available Packages
Name : glibc-utils
Version : 2.28
Release : 127.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 71 k
Source : glibc-2.28-127.el8.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : Development utilities from GNU C library
URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/glibc/
License : LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and BSD and Inner-Net and ISC and Public Domain and GFDL
Description : The glibc-utils package contains memusage, a memory usage profiler,
: mtrace, a memory leak tracer and xtrace, a function call tracer
: which can be helpful during program debugging.
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: If unsure if you need this, don't install this package.