How To Install yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info on CentOS 7. yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info is Yum plugin to enable automatic updates to installed debuginfo

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info on CentOS 7.

What is yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info

This plugin looks to see if any debuginfo packages are installed, and if there are it enables all debuginfo repositories that are “children” of enabled repositories.

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

Install yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info

Install yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info 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 yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info

How To Uninstall yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.