How To Install lldb on CentOS 8

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lldb on CentOS 8.

What is lldb

LLDB is a next generation, high-performance debugger. It is built as a set of reusable components which highly leverage existing libraries in the larger LLVM Project, such as the Clang expression parser and LLVM disassembler. lldb 11.0.0 1.module_el8.4.0+587+5187cac0 x86_64 6.3 M lldb-11.0.0-1.module_el8.4.0+587+5187cac0.src.rpm appstream Next generation high-performance debugger http NCSA LLDB is a next generation, high-performance debugger. It is built as a set of reusable components which highly leverage existing libraries in the larger LLVM Project, such as the Clang expression parser and LLVM disassembler.

We can use yum or dnf to install lldb on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lldb.

Install lldb 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 lldb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lldb

Install lldb 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 lldb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lldb

How To Uninstall lldb on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the lldb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lldb

lldb Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/lldb
/usr/bin/lldb-argdumper
/usr/bin/lldb-instr
/usr/bin/lldb-server
/usr/bin/lldb-vscode
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/d221338e0e3d8c50c7c2557cbcecff16a17d4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/da773dd5b631991019a4473cfe5db00487c13a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/85a1fadc931cfaeaeb6b75a0e8de8e5b8f9251
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/086b5e53400662c901a61467441ee265c16548
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/ee92d0beed23415f37ae45606cf5531d25c642
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/f0d25f7562f8416338814f134293e5713d0901
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/f4b36a0648a73485c479311c28d62bca3cc796
/usr/lib64/liblldb.so.11
/usr/lib64/liblldb.so.11.0.0
/usr/lib64/liblldbIntelFeatures.so.11
/usr/share/licenses/lldb
/usr/share/licenses/lldb/LICENSE.TXT
/usr/bin/lldb
/usr/bin/lldb-argdumper
/usr/bin/lldb-instr
/usr/bin/lldb-server
/usr/bin/lldb-vscode
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/ed546df096fef22318bf3298131fce45436da5
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/72810baf9a42aaa9792fb82015d2dab44bfb9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/3add635c1b06f54954ba7d341a8dbafba06e05
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/7f59d04705d689b32310a79e913742e790f418
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/74e8655dc12e38c93e29e3ca451333d5d8f8cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/3a91deb16825ff467a1edbe7771f7441f9919d
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/df6d7a24e612c8b42cd35833a94d1f248288ab
/usr/lib/liblldb.so.11
/usr/lib/liblldb.so.11.0.0
/usr/lib/liblldbIntelFeatures.so.11
/usr/share/licenses/lldb
/usr/share/licenses/lldb/LICENSE.TXT

References

Summary

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