How To Install libdwarf-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdwarf-tools on Rocky Linux 8. libdwarf-tools is Tools for accessing DWARF debugging information

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdwarf-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libdwarf-tools`

C++ version of dwarfdump (dwarfdump2) command-line utilities to access DWARF debug information.

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

Install libdwarf-tools 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 libdwarf-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libdwarf-tools

Install libdwarf-tools 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 libdwarf-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libdwarf-tools

How To Uninstall libdwarf-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libdwarf-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libdwarf-tools

libdwarf-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/dwarfdump
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/cea6959eff8ca4ac6c12b980121a1366c49c83
/usr/share/doc/libdwarf-tools
/usr/share/doc/libdwarf-tools/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libdwarf-tools/README
/usr/share/licenses/libdwarf-tools
/usr/share/licenses/libdwarf-tools/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libdwarf-tools/DWARFDUMPCOPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/libdwarf-tools/GPL.txt

References

libdwarf-tools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdwarf-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.