How To Install gcc-toolset-10-annobin on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-10-annobin on Rocky Linux 8. gcc-toolset-10-annobin is Annotate and examine compiled binary files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-10-annobin on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gcc-toolset-10-annobin`

Provides a plugin for GCC that records extra information in the files that it compiles. Note - the plugin is automatically enabled in gcc builds via flags provided by the redhat-rpm-macros package.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-10-annobin on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-10-annobin.

Install gcc-toolset-10-annobin on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gcc-toolset-10-annobin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-10-annobin

Install gcc-toolset-10-annobin on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gcc-toolset-10-annobin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-10-annobin

How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-10-annobin on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-10-annobin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-10-annobin

gcc-toolset-10-annobin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/plugin
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/plugin/annobin.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/plugin/annobin.so.0
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/plugin/annobin.so.0.0.0
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/annobin-plugin/annotation.proposal.txt
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/info/annobin.info.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/licenses/gcc-toolset-10-annobin
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/licenses/gcc-toolset-10-annobin/COPYING3
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/licenses/gcc-toolset-10-annobin/LICENSE
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/man/man1/annobin.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/man/man1/built-by.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/man/man1/check-abi.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/man/man1/hardened.1.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/man/man1/run-on-binaries-in.1.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/1ca78eba0698b7c23878d84ad8df08f6017828

References

gcc-toolset-10-annobin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-10-annobin on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.