How To Install elfutils-libelf on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libelf in Fedora 36. elfutils-libelf is Library to read and write ELF files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libelf on Fedora 36.

What is elfutils-libelf

The elfutils-libelf package provides a DSO which allows reading and writing ELF files on a high level. Third party programs depend on this package to read internals of ELF files. The programs of the elfutils package use it also to generate new ELF files.

We can use yum or dnf to install elfutils-libelf on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install elfutils-libelf.

Install elfutils-libelf on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-libelf

Install elfutils-libelf on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install elfutils-libelf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elfutils-libelf

How To Uninstall elfutils-libelf on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the elfutils-libelf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove elfutils-libelf

elfutils-libelf Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/84bcb884371638ea33510ed3743571f5de8d26
/usr/lib64/libelf-0.187.so
/usr/lib64/libelf.so.1
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf/COPYING-GPLV2
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf/COPYING-LGPLV3
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/9591aae81065c1caf61b8fcd8d6d783c938342
/usr/lib64/libelf-0.186.so
/usr/lib64/libelf.so.1
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf/COPYING-GPLV2
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf/COPYING-LGPLV3
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libelf on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).