How To Install kernel-debug-devel on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-debug-devel on CentOS 7.

What is kernel-debug-devel

This package provides kernel headers and makefiles sufficient to build modules against the debug kernel package.

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

Install kernel-debug-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install kernel-debug-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kernel-debug-devel

Install kernel-debug-devel 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 kernel-debug-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kernel-debug-devel

How To Uninstall kernel-debug-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the kernel-debug-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kernel-debug-devel

References

• kernel-debug-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-debug-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.