How To Install gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver on CentOS 8.
What is gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver
GDB, the GNU debugger, allows you to debug programs written in C, C++, Java, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion and printing their data. This package provides a program that allows you to run GDB on a different machine than the one which is running the program being debugged.
We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver.
Install gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver 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 gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver
Install gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver 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 gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver
How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver
gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver Package Contents on CentOS 8
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/bin/gdbserver
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib64/libinproctrace.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/man/man1/gdbserver.1.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/e7522a84c55208e879f363672896387dada11a
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/e0d54fdd9cd023d55af8b0f5fb486ee8845948
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-10-gdb-gdbserver on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.