How To Install elfutils-libs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libs in Fedora 36. elfutils-libs is Libraries to handle compiled objects

Introduction

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

What is `elfutils-libs`

The elfutils-libs package contains libraries which implement DWARF, ELF, and machine-specific ELF handling and process introspection. These libraries are used by the programs in the elfutils package. The elfutils-devel package enables building other programs using these libraries.

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

Install elfutils-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-libs

Install elfutils-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elfutils-libs

How To Uninstall elfutils-libs on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove elfutils-libs

elfutils-libs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/05a5bf1b99fbe198aaa938adbe643abc280784
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/d7f55c02505dabdd4cc7f7be9ee794008e543e
/usr/lib64/libasm-0.186.so
/usr/lib64/libasm.so.1
/usr/lib64/libdw-0.186.so
/usr/lib64/libdw.so.1
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs/COPYING-GPLV2
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs/COPYING-LGPLV3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/bc9cc7003cf32244d0a9c63a130e8d9f9a8d58
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/b61e4b3a93913bae03310714818f2cbbe6f791
/usr/lib64/libasm-0.187.so
/usr/lib64/libasm.so.1
/usr/lib64/libdw-0.187.so
/usr/lib64/libdw.so.1
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs/COPYING-GPLV2
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs/COPYING-LGPLV3

References

elfutils-libs website

Summary

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