How To Install elfutils-devel on CentOS 8

elfutils-devel is Development libraries to handle compiled objects Development libraries to handle compiled objects

Introduction

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

What is elfutils-devel

The elfutils-devel package contains the libraries to create applications for handling compiled objects. libdw provides access to the DWARF debugging information. libasm provides a programmable assembler interface. elfutils-devel 0.182 3.el8 x86_64 86 k elfutils-0.182-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Development libraries to handle compiled objects http GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+ The elfutils-devel package contains the libraries to create applications for handling compiled objects. libdw provides access to the DWARF debugging information. libasm provides a programmable assembler interface.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-devel

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

sudo yum -y install elfutils-devel

How To Uninstall elfutils-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove elfutils-devel

elfutils-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/dwarf.h
/usr/include/elfutils
/usr/include/elfutils/elf-knowledge.h
/usr/include/elfutils/known-dwarf.h
/usr/include/elfutils/libasm.h
/usr/include/elfutils/libdw.h
/usr/include/elfutils/libdwelf.h
/usr/include/elfutils/libdwfl.h
/usr/include/elfutils/version.h
/usr/lib/libasm.so
/usr/lib/libdw.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libdw.pc
/usr/include/dwarf.h
/usr/include/elfutils
/usr/include/elfutils/elf-knowledge.h
/usr/include/elfutils/known-dwarf.h
/usr/include/elfutils/libasm.h
/usr/include/elfutils/libdw.h
/usr/include/elfutils/libdwelf.h
/usr/include/elfutils/libdwfl.h
/usr/include/elfutils/version.h
/usr/lib64/libasm.so
/usr/lib64/libdw.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libdw.pc

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Summary

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