How To Install geany-plugins-scope on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-scope on CentOS 7. geany-plugins-scope is Graphical GDB front-end

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-scope on CentOS 7.

What is geany-plugins-scope

Scope is a graphical GDB front-end with the normal functions you would expect (stepping, breakpoints…), and a few notable features * The communication between Scope and GDB is asynchronous * You can enter any GDB command, at any time (of course, for the command to be executed, GDB must be[come] available) * All GDB I/O (along with some other messages) is displayed in a terminal-like “Debug Console”. Whenever you find the GUI lacking, simply switch to that console and work directly with GDB * 7-bit/Locale/UTF-8 support for values.

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

Install geany-plugins-scope on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install geany-plugins-scope using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install geany-plugins-scope

Install geany-plugins-scope 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 geany-plugins-scope using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install geany-plugins-scope

How To Uninstall geany-plugins-scope on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the geany-plugins-scope package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove geany-plugins-scope

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugins-scope on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.