How To Install crash-gcore-command on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install crash-gcore-command in AlmaLinux 8. crash-gcore-command is Gcore extension module for the crash utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crash-gcore-command on AlmaLinux 8.

What is crash-gcore-command

Command for creating a core dump file of a user-space task that was running in a kernel dumpfile.

We can use yum or dnf to install crash-gcore-command on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install crash-gcore-command.

Install crash-gcore-command on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install crash-gcore-command

Install crash-gcore-command on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install crash-gcore-command

How To Uninstall crash-gcore-command on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the crash-gcore-command package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove crash-gcore-command

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install crash-gcore-command on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.