How to Install and Uninstall gperftools.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: October 13,2024

1. Install "gperftools.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gperftools.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gperftools.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall gperftools.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gperftools.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : gperftools
Epoch : 1
Version : 2.7
Release : 9.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 16 k
Source : gperftools-2.7-9.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Very fast malloc and performance analysis tools
URL : https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools
License : BSD
Description : Perf Tools is a collection of performance analysis tools, including a
: high-performance multi-threaded malloc() implementation that works
: particularly well with threads and STL, a thread-friendly heap-checker,
: a heap profiler, and a cpu-profiler.
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: This is a metapackage which pulls in all of the gperftools (and pprof)
: binaries, libraries, and development headers, so that you can use them.