Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cgdb on CentOS 8.
What is cgdb
CGDB is a curses-based interface to the GNU Debugger (GDB). The goal of CGDB is to be lightweight and responsive; not encumbered with unnecessary features. The interface is designed to deliver the familiar GDB text interface, with a split screen showing the source as it executes. The UI is modeled on the classic Unix text editor, vi. Those familiar with vi should feel right at home using CGDB.
We can use yum or dnf to install cgdb on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cgdb.
Install cgdb on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install cgdb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cgdb
Install cgdb on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install cgdb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cgdb
How To Uninstall cgdb on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the cgdb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cgdb
cgdb Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/cgdb
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/e4ae315dc7ea02b50ac101aa81e8d0a1cb9d51
/usr/share/cgdb
/usr/share/cgdb/cgdb.txt
/usr/share/doc/cgdb
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/README
/usr/share/doc/cgdb/TODO
/usr/share/info/cgdb.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cgdb.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cgdb on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
