How To Install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils on CentOS 8.
What is gcc-toolset-9-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 gcc-toolset-9-elfutils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils.
Install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils
Install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils on CentOS 8 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 gcc-toolset-9-elfutils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils
How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-9-elfutils on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-9-elfutils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-9-elfutils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-elfutils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.