How To Install elfutils-devel-static on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-devel-static on Rocky Linux 8. elfutils-devel-static is Static archives to handle compiled objects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-devel-static on Rocky Linux 8.

What is elfutils-devel-static

The elfutils-devel-static package contains the static archives with the code to handle compiled objects.

We can use yum or dnf to install elfutils-devel-static on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install elfutils-devel-static.

Install elfutils-devel-static 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-devel-static using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-devel-static

Install elfutils-devel-static 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-devel-static using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elfutils-devel-static

How To Uninstall elfutils-devel-static on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the elfutils-devel-static package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove elfutils-devel-static

elfutils-devel-static Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/libasm.a
/usr/lib/libdw.a
/usr/lib64/libasm.a
/usr/lib64/libdw.a

References

Summary

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