How To Install elfutils-debuginfod-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-debuginfod-client on Rocky Linux 8. 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 Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. 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 Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8 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 Rocky Linux 8

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 Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/debuginfod-find
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/7c4cc56ab9520b0c2fcf2cb8ddf6b6d9134d59
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/df3f427f8fee059cfcbc46935db229b0470867
/usr/lib/libdebuginfod-0.182.so
/usr/lib/libdebuginfod.so.1
/usr/share/man/man1/debuginfod-find.1.gz
/usr/bin/debuginfod-find
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/48a4c1b5923ce4b1024e87b00aecc9c50119d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/01af91f202fd4a4e251c501814f871af3c315d
/usr/lib64/libdebuginfod-0.182.so
/usr/lib64/libdebuginfod.so.1
/usr/share/man/man1/debuginfod-find.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-debuginfod-client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.