How To Install elfutils-debuginfod-client on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-debuginfod-client in Fedora 36. elfutils-debuginfod-client is Library and command line client for build-id HTTP ELF/DWARF server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-debuginfod-client on Fedora 36.

What is `elfutils-debuginfod-client`

The elfutils-debuginfod-client package contains shared libraries dynamically loaded from -ldw, which use a debuginfod service to look up debuginfo and associated data. Also includes a command-line frontend.

We can use yum or dnf to install elfutils-debuginfod-client on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install elfutils-debuginfod-client.

Install elfutils-debuginfod-client on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install elfutils-debuginfod-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-debuginfod-client

Install elfutils-debuginfod-client on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install elfutils-debuginfod-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elfutils-debuginfod-client

How To Uninstall elfutils-debuginfod-client on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the elfutils-debuginfod-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove elfutils-debuginfod-client

elfutils-debuginfod-client Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/debuginfod/elfutils.urls
/etc/profile.d/debuginfod.csh
/etc/profile.d/debuginfod.sh
/usr/bin/debuginfod-find
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/0f6068156a0ebcfbd157583d69cb77ba8c75d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/55a82930811c8a7f6ad30039cfae2d110a486f
/usr/lib64/libdebuginfod-0.186.so
/usr/lib64/libdebuginfod.so.1
/usr/share/man/man1/debuginfod-find.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/debuginfod-client-config.7.gz
/etc/debuginfod/elfutils.urls
/etc/profile.d/debuginfod.csh
/etc/profile.d/debuginfod.sh
/usr/bin/debuginfod-find
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/9b2ab3d07631589f60d99a8e3f13f6892dc57f
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/dba42c38cf0bc36df0637d7c236366b82ce5c6
/usr/lib64/libdebuginfod-0.187.so
/usr/lib64/libdebuginfod.so.1
/usr/share/man/man1/debuginfod-find.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/debuginfod-client-config.7.gz

References

elfutils-debuginfod-client website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-debuginfod-client on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).