How To Install kdbg on Fedora 34

kdbg is A GUI for gdb, the GNU debugger, and KDE

Introduction

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

What is kdbg

KDbg is a K Desktop Environment (KDE) GUI for gdb, the GNU debugger. KDbg provides the programmer with an intuitive interface for setting breakpoints, inspecting variables, and stepping through code. KDbg requires X and KDE to be installed in order to run.

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

Install kdbg 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 kdbg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kdbg

Install kdbg 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 kdbg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kdbg

How To Uninstall kdbg on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove kdbg

kdbg Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/xdg/kdbgrc
/usr/bin/kdbg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/57f5ff4b30e7f775495f4ea9878dbdf6d697ca
/usr/share/applications/kdbg.desktop
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/argspwdenv.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/breakptlist.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/globaloptions.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/howdoi.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/index.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/localvars.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/memory.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/pgmoutput.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/pgmsettings.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/registers.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/sourcecode.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/stack.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/threads.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/tips.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/de/kdbg/watches.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/argspwdenv.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/breakptlist.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/globaloptions.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/howdoi.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/index.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/invocation.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/localvars.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/memory.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/pgmoutput.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/pgmsettings.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/registers.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/sourcecode.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/stack.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/threads.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/tips.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/types.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/watches.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdbg/xslt.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/argspwdenv.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/breakptlist.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/globaloptions.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/howdoi.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/index.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/localvars.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/memory.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/pgmoutput.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/pgmsettings.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/registers.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/sourcecode.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/stack.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/threads.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/tips.html
/usr/share/doc/HTML/ru/kdbg/watches.html
/usr/share/doc/kdbg
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ChangeLog-pre-2.2.0
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/README
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.2.0
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.2.1
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.2.2
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.5.0
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.5.1
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.5.2
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.5.3
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.5.4
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.5.5
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.5.6
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.9.0
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-2.9.1
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/ReleaseNotes-3.0.0
/usr/share/doc/kdbg/TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/kdbg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/kdbg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/kdbg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/kdbg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/kdbg.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/kdbg.svgz
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse.mng
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000000.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000001.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000002.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000003.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000004.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000005.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000006.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000007.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000008.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000009.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000010.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000011.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000012.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000013.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000014.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000015.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000016.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000017.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000018.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000019.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000020.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000021.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000022.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000023.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000024.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000025.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000026.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000027.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/pulse000028.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/16x16
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/16x16/actions
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/16x16/actions/brkpt.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/16x16/actions/debug-run.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/16x16/actions/document-open-executable.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/22x22
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/22x22/actions
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/22x22/actions/brkpt.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/22x22/actions/debug-run.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/22x22/actions/document-open-executable.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/32x32
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/32x32/actions
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/32x32/actions/brkpt.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/32x32/actions/debug-run.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/32x32/actions/document-open-executable.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/48x48
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/48x48/actions
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/48x48/actions/brkpt.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/48x48/actions/debug-run.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/48x48/actions/document-open-executable.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/scalable
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/scalable/actions
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/scalable/actions/brkpt.svgz
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/scalable/actions/debug-run.svgz
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/icons/oxygen/scalable/actions/document-open-executable.svgz
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics/brkcond.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics/brkdis.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics/brkena.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics/brkorph.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics/brktmp.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics/pcinner.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics/pcup.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics/pointer.xpm
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics/watchdis.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/pics/watchena.png
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/X11.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/glib.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/gtk+.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/kdecore.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/kdecore3.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/qt.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/qt2.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/qt3.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/qt4core.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/qt5core.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/stdc++.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kde4/apps/kdbg/types/stdc++6.kdbgtt
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kdbg
/usr/share/kxmlgui5/kdbg/kdbgui.rc
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/kdbg.mo

References

Summary

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