How To Install cgdb on Fedora 34

cgdb is CGDB is a curses-based interface to the GNU Debugger (GDB)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgdb on Fedora 34.

What is `cgdb`

CGDB is a curses-based interface to the GNU Debugger (GDB). The goal of CGDB is to be lightweight and responsive; not encumbered with unnecessary features. The interface is designed to deliver the familiar GDB text interface, with a split screen showing the source as it executes. The UI is modeled on the classic Unix text editor, vi. Those familiar with vi should feel right at home using CGDB.

We can use yum or dnf to install cgdb on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cgdb.

Install cgdb on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cgdb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cgdb

Install cgdb on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cgdb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cgdb

How To Uninstall cgdb on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove cgdb

cgdb Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/cgdb
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/edd3ba07c84d5c342fd1a23050cae197b0600b
/usr/share/cgdb
/usr/share/cgdb/cgdb.txt
/usr/share/doc/cgdb
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/README
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/TODO
/usr/share/info/cgdb.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cgdb.1.gz

References

cgdb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cgdb on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.