Information about the package, dyninst, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dyninst package is designed for, An API for Run-time Code Generation.
Package Name:
dyninst
Summary:
An API for Run-time Code Generation
Description:
Dyninst is an Application Program Interface (API) to permit the insertion of code into a running program. The API also permits changing or removing subroutine calls from the application program. Run-time code changes are useful to support a variety of applications including debugging, performance monitoring, and to support composing applications out of existing packages. The goal of this API is to provide a machine independent interface to permit the creation of tools and applications that use run-time code patching.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
8.1.2
Release:
4.el6
Size:
2.7 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the dyninst package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dyninst
This command will install dyninst on the server.
yum remove dyninst
This command will un-install dyninst on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dyninst, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dyninst
This command will un-install dyninst 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 dyninst when using the -y flag.
yum update dyninst
This command will update dyninst to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dyninst, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dyninst
This command will update dyninst 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 dyninst when using the -y flag.
yum info dyninst
This command will show you core information about the dyninst package.
yum deplist dyninst
This command will show you the dependencies for dyninst. 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 dyninst
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dyninst. 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.