How To Install elfutils-libelf-devel on CentOS 8

elfutils-libelf-devel is Development support for libelf Development support for libelf

Introduction

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

What is elfutils-libelf-devel

The elfutils-libelf-devel package contains the libraries to create applications for handling compiled objects. libelf allows you to access the internals of the ELF object file format, so you can see the different sections of an ELF file. elfutils-libelf-devel 0.182 3.el8 x86_64 59 k elfutils-0.182-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Development support for libelf http GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+ The elfutils-libelf-devel package contains the libraries to create applications for handling compiled objects. libelf allows you to access the internals of the ELF object file format, so you can see the different sections of an ELF file.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-libelf-devel

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

sudo yum -y install elfutils-libelf-devel

How To Uninstall elfutils-libelf-devel on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove elfutils-libelf-devel

elfutils-libelf-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/gelf.h
/usr/include/libelf.h
/usr/include/nlist.h
/usr/lib/libelf.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libelf.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/elf_begin.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/elf_clone.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/elf_getdata.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/elf_update.3.gz
/usr/include/gelf.h
/usr/include/libelf.h
/usr/include/nlist.h
/usr/lib64/libelf.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libelf.pc
/usr/share/man/man3/elf_begin.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/elf_clone.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/elf_getdata.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/elf_update.3.gz

References

Summary

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