How To Install gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8.
What is 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 gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gdb-gdbserver.
Install 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 gdb-gdbserver using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gdb-gdbserver
Install 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 gdb-gdbserver using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gdb-gdbserver
How To Uninstall gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the gdb-gdbserver package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gdb-gdbserver
gdb-gdbserver Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/gdbserver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/430d9f57862e973a2224eb9e7e20b93d44ba3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/23b488f4317286de5158a20861a24e65cc7a59
/usr/lib64/libinproctrace.so
/usr/share/man/man1/gdbserver.1.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdb-gdbserver on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
