How To Install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf on CentOS 8.
What is gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf
The elfutils-libelf package provides a DSO which allows reading and writing ELF files on a high level. Third party programs depend on this package to read internals of ELF files. The programs of the elfutils package use it also to generate new ELF files.
We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf.
Install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf 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-9-elfutils-libelf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf
Install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf 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-9-elfutils-libelf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf
How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf
gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf Package Contents on CentOS 8
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib64/libelf-0.176.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib64/libelf.so.dts.1
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/licenses/gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/licenses/gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf/COPYING-GPLV2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/licenses/gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf/COPYING-LGPLV3
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/cf0fe9b83d074d27f72a6bffe227901e81f7da
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils-libelf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.