How To Install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc on Rocky Linux 8. gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc is Documentation for GDB (the GNU source-level debugger)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc

GDB, the GNU debugger, allows you to debug programs written in C, C++, Java, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion and printing their data. This package provides INFO, HTML and PDF user manual for GDB.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc.

Install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc 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-9-gdb-doc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc

Install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc 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-9-gdb-doc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc

How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc

gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc/annotate.html
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc/annotate.pdf
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc/gdb.html
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc/gdb.pdf
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/info/annotate.info.gz
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/info/gdb.info.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9-gdb-doc on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.