How To Install cgdb on CentOS 8

cgdb is CGDB is a curses-based interface to the GNU Debugger (GDB)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgdb on CentOS 8.

What is `cgdb`

CGDB is a curses-based interface to the GNU Debugger (GDB). The goal of CGDB is to be lightweight and responsive; not encumbered with unnecessary features. The interface is designed to deliver the familiar GDB text interface, with a split screen showing the source as it executes. The UI is modeled on the classic Unix text editor, vi. Those familiar with vi should feel right at home using CGDB.

We can use yum or dnf to install cgdb on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cgdb.

Install cgdb on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cgdb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cgdb

Install cgdb on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cgdb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cgdb

How To Uninstall cgdb on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cgdb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cgdb

cgdb Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/cgdb
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/e4ae315dc7ea02b50ac101aa81e8d0a1cb9d51
/usr/share/cgdb
/usr/share/cgdb/cgdb.txt
/usr/share/doc/cgdb
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/README
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/TODO
/usr/share/info/cgdb.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cgdb.1.gz

References

cgdb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgdb on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.