Information about the package, ltrace, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ltrace package is designed for, Tracks runtime library calls from dynamically linked executables.
Package Name:
ltrace
Summary:
Tracks runtime library calls from dynamically linked executables
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.5
Release:
28.45svn.el6
Size:
74 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the ltrace package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ltrace
This command will install ltrace on the server.
yum remove ltrace
This command will un-install ltrace on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ltrace, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ltrace
This command will un-install ltrace on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ltrace when using the -y flag.
yum update ltrace
This command will update ltrace to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ltrace, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ltrace
This command will update ltrace to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ltrace when using the -y flag.
yum info ltrace
This command will show you core information about the ltrace package.
yum deplist ltrace
This command will show you the dependencies for ltrace. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ltrace
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ltrace. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.