How To Install elfutils-debuginfod-client on CentOS 8

elfutils-debuginfod-client is Library and command line client for build-id HTTP ELF/DWARF server Library and command line client for build-id HTTP ELF/DWARF server

Introduction

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

What is elfutils-debuginfod-client

The elfutils-debuginfod-client package contains shared libraries dynamically loaded from -ldw, which use a debuginfod service to look up debuginfo and associated data. Also includes a command-line frontend. elfutils-debuginfod-client 0.182 3.el8 x86_64 65 k elfutils-0.182-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Library and command line client for build-id HTTP ELF/DWARF server http GPLv3+ and (GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+) The elfutils-debuginfod-client package contains shared libraries dynamically loaded from -ldw, which use a debuginfod service to look up debuginfo and associated data. Also includes a command-line frontend.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-debuginfod-client

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

sudo yum -y install elfutils-debuginfod-client

How To Uninstall elfutils-debuginfod-client on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove elfutils-debuginfod-client

elfutils-debuginfod-client Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/debuginfod-find
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/56c9a15ff197f08bd6b31ebf0c4c00d7bd92d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/45dcf671352f5308a5d7592b7b0cd82b3e83fd
/usr/lib64/libdebuginfod-0.182.so
/usr/lib64/libdebuginfod.so.1
/usr/share/man/man1/debuginfod-find.1.gz
/usr/bin/debuginfod-find
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/71af189e5490501e6fccb1ecc9cb8cbad384b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/3a0b9cf87de452b276467db4fc4cb921a3a3ff
/usr/lib/libdebuginfod-0.182.so
/usr/lib/libdebuginfod.so.1
/usr/share/man/man1/debuginfod-find.1.gz

References

Summary

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