How To Install elfutils-debuginfod on CentOS 8

elfutils-debuginfod is HTTP ELF/DWARF file server addressed by build-id

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-debuginfod on CentOS 8.

What is elfutils-debuginfod

The elfutils-debuginfod package contains the debuginfod binary and control files for a service that can provide ELF/DWARF files to remote clients, based on build-id identification. The ELF/DWARF file searching functions in libdwfl can query such servers to download those files on demand.

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

Install elfutils-debuginfod 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 elfutils-debuginfod using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-debuginfod

Install elfutils-debuginfod 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 elfutils-debuginfod using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elfutils-debuginfod

How To Uninstall elfutils-debuginfod on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the elfutils-debuginfod package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove elfutils-debuginfod

elfutils-debuginfod Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/sysconfig/debuginfod
/usr/bin/debuginfod
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/8983d3dcd6fcba9a0be1d61ccb970a2bf98433
/usr/lib/systemd/system/debuginfod.service
/usr/share/man/man8/debuginfod.8.gz
/var/cache/debuginfod
/var/cache/debuginfod/debuginfod.sqlite

References

Summary

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