How To Install ltrace.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ltrace.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ltrace.x86_64 is Tracks runtime library calls from dynamically linked executables

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ltrace.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ltrace.x86_64`

Ltrace is a debugging program which runs a specified command until the command exits. While the command is executing, ltrace intercepts and records both the dynamic library calls called by the executed process and the signals received by the executed process. Ltrace can also intercept and print system calls executed by the process. You should install ltrace if you need a sysadmin tool for tracking the execution of processes.

We can use yum to install ltrace.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ltrace.x86_64.

Install ltrace.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ltrace.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ltrace.x86_64

How To Uninstall ltrace.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ltrace.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ltrace.x86_64

ltrace.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/ltrace
/usr/share/doc/ltrace-0.7.91
/usr/share/doc/ltrace-0.7.91/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ltrace-0.7.91/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/ltrace-0.7.91/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/ltrace-0.7.91/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ltrace-0.7.91/README
/usr/share/doc/ltrace-0.7.91/TODO
/usr/share/ltrace
/usr/share/ltrace/libacl.so.conf
/usr/share/ltrace/libc.so.conf
/usr/share/ltrace/libm.so.conf
/usr/share/ltrace/syscalls.conf
/usr/share/man/man1/ltrace.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ltrace.conf.5.gz

References

ltrace.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ltrace.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.