How To Install gdb-doc on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdb-doc on CentOS 7. gdb-doc is Documentation for GDB (the GNU source-level debugger)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdb-doc on CentOS 7.

What is 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. Requires(post) Requires(preun)

We can use yum or dnf to install gdb-doc on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gdb-doc.

Install gdb-doc on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gdb-doc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gdb-doc

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

sudo dnf -y install gdb-doc

How To Uninstall gdb-doc on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove gdb-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdb-doc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.