How To Install cgdb on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cgdb on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cgdb.
Install cgdb on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cgdb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cgdb
Install cgdb on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cgdb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cgdb
How To Uninstall cgdb on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cgdb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cgdb
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cgdb on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.