How To Install elfutils on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils on AlmaLinux 8.
What is elfutils
Elfutils is a collection of utilities, including stack (to show backtraces), nm (for listing symbols from object files), size (for listing the section sizes of an object or archive file), strip (for discarding symbols), readelf (to see the raw ELF file structures), elflint (to check for well-formed ELF files) and elfcompress (to compress or decompress ELF sections).
We can use yum or dnf to install elfutils on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install elfutils.
Install elfutils 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 elfutils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install elfutils
Install elfutils 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 elfutils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install elfutils
How To Uninstall elfutils on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the elfutils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove elfutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
