How To Install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8. gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver is A standalone server for GDB (the GNU source-level debugger)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver

GDB, the GNU debugger, allows you to debug programs written in C, C++, Java, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion and printing their data. This package provides a program that allows you to run GDB on a different machine than the one which is running the program being debugged.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver.

Install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver 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 gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver

Install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver 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 gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver

How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver

gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/bin/gdbserver
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib64/libinproctrace.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man1/gdbserver.1.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/3bacbbf5acefc71c224b0150523cb3d7a6eab0
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/ee033157e1b9301560744c264c953e4594cb3f

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.