How To Install geany-plugins-scope on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-scope on Rocky Linux 8. geany-plugins-scope is Graphical GDB front-end

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-scope on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `geany-plugins-scope`

Scope is a graphical GDB front-end with the normal functions you would expect (stepping, breakpoints…), and a few notable features * The communication between Scope and GDB is asynchronous * You can enter any GDB command, at any time (of course, for the command to be executed, GDB must be[come] available) * All GDB I/O (along with some other messages) is displayed in a terminal-like “Debug Console”. Whenever you find the GUI lacking, simply switch to that console and work directly with GDB * 7-bit/Locale/UTF-8 support for values.

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

Install geany-plugins-scope 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 geany-plugins-scope using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geany-plugins-scope

Install geany-plugins-scope 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 geany-plugins-scope using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geany-plugins-scope

How To Uninstall geany-plugins-scope on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the geany-plugins-scope package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove geany-plugins-scope

geany-plugins-scope Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/ad151cfe46be29a035ae244fcd5856e9e372aa
/usr/lib64/geany/scope.so
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/scope
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/scope/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/scope/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/scope/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/scope/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/scope/README
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/scope/html
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/scope/html/codes.html
/usr/share/doc/geany-plugins/scope/html/scope.html
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/BreakPoint.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/BreakPoint22.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/Continue.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/Continue22.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/Continue24.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/Kill.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/Kill22.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/Kill24.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/Pause.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/Pause22.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/Pause24.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/RunToCursor.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/RunToCursor22.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/RunToCursor24.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/RunToMethod.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/RunToMethod22.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/RunToMethod24.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/StepInto.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/StepInto22.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/StepInto24.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/StepOut.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/StepOut22.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/StepOut24.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/StepOver.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/StepOver22.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/StepOver24.png
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/scope.glade
/usr/share/geany-plugins/scope/scope_gtk3.glade

References

geany-plugins-scope website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-scope on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.