How To Install gdb-gdbserver on CentOS 8

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

Introduction

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

What is 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 gdb-gdbserver on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gdb-gdbserver.

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

sudo dnf -y install gdb-gdbserver

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

sudo yum -y install gdb-gdbserver

How To Uninstall gdb-gdbserver on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gdb-gdbserver

gdb-gdbserver Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/gdbserver
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/aef5c2dae6cce37a7ef920ec8418da450b2d49
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/a6009bc60604d8c770fa8b6860e98c3eb56d62
/usr/lib64/libinproctrace.so
/usr/share/man/man1/gdbserver.1.gz

References

Summary

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