How To Install kernel-debug-core on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-debug-core
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is kernel-debug-core
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system input and output, etc. This variant of the kernel has numerous debugging options enabled. It should only be installed when trying to gather additional information on kernel bugs, as some of these options impact performance noticably.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install kernel-debug-core
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kernel-debug-core.
Install kernel-debug-core 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 kernel-debug-core
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install kernel-debug-core
Install kernel-debug-core 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 kernel-debug-core
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install kernel-debug-core
How To Uninstall kernel-debug-core on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the kernel-debug-core
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove kernel-debug-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-debug-core
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.