How To Install elfutils-libelf-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libelf-devel on CentOS 7.
What is elfutils-libelf-devel
The elfutils-libelf-devel package contains the libraries to create applications for handling compiled objects. libelf allows you to access the internals of the ELF object file format, so you can see the different sections of an ELF file. The elfutils-libelf-devel package contains the libraries to create applications for handling compiled objects. libelf allows you to access the internals of the ELF object file format, so you can see the different sections of an ELF file.
We can use yum or dnf to install elfutils-libelf-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install elfutils-libelf-devel.
Install elfutils-libelf-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install elfutils-libelf-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install elfutils-libelf-devel
Install elfutils-libelf-devel 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 elfutils-libelf-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install elfutils-libelf-devel
How To Uninstall elfutils-libelf-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the elfutils-libelf-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove elfutils-libelf-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libelf-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
