How to Install and Uninstall blktrace.x86_64 Package on CentOS Stream 8

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "blktrace.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install blktrace.x86_64 on CentOS Stream 8


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall blktrace.x86_64 on CentOS Stream 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the blktrace.x86_64 package on CentOS Stream 8

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Available Packages
Name : blktrace
Version : 1.2.0
Release : 10.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 150 k
Source : blktrace-1.2.0-10.el8.src.rpm
Repository : baseos
Summary : Utilities for performing block layer IO tracing in the Linux kernel
URL : http://brick.kernel.dk/snaps
License : GPLv2+
Description : blktrace is a block layer IO tracing mechanism which provides detailed
: information about request queue operations to user space. This package
: includes both blktrace, a utility which gathers event traces from the kernel;
: and blkparse, a utility which formats trace data collected by blktrace.
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: You should install the blktrace package if you need to gather detailed
: information about IO patterns.