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