Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpftool on CentOS 8.
What is bpftool
This package contains the bpftool, which allows inspection and simple manipulation of eBPF programs and maps.
We can use yum or dnf to install bpftool on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bpftool.
Install bpftool on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bpftool using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bpftool
Install bpftool on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bpftool using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bpftool
How To Uninstall bpftool on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bpftool package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bpftool
bpftool Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/bash_completion.d/bpftool
/usr/sbin/bpftool
/usr/share/man/man7/bpf-helpers.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-btf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-cgroup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-feature.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-gen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-iter.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-link.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-map.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-net.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-perf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-prog.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool-struct_ops.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bpftool.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bpftool on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
