How To Install gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin on CentOS 8

gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin is GCC 9 plugin for GDB

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin on CentOS 8.

What is gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin

This package contains GCC 9 plugin for GDB C expression evaluation.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin.

Install gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin 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-gcc-gdb-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin

Install gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin 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-gcc-gdb-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin

How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin

gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin Package Contents on CentOS 8

/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib/gcc
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/9
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/9/plugin
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/9/plugin/libcc1plugin.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/9/plugin/libcc1plugin.so.0
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/9/plugin/libcc1plugin.so.0.0.0
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/9/plugin/libcp1plugin.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/9/plugin/libcp1plugin.so.0
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/9/plugin/libcp1plugin.so.0.0.0
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib64/libcc1.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib64/libcc1.so.0
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib64/libcc1.so.0.0.0
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin/ChangeLog.bz2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/bb214b82a16597c5814a11306afe5957321aa3
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/298a97e348fc7564a9dd7fab8871327a098d44
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/177ad8144dd33d7fd39bdcf2ee0fd746caf76b

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-gcc-gdb-plugin on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.