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

gcc-toolset-9-gdb-gdbserver is A standalone server for GDB (the GNU source-level debugger)

Introduction

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

What is gcc-toolset-9-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-9-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-9-gdb-gdbserver.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/bin/gdbserver
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/lib64/libinproctrace.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man1/gdbserver.1.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/aac4cf31e4feb747d7c13264d3f7a713917ee1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/381bbd28e6dd611d2bf2fffbf9a14413f29322

References

Summary

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