How To Install elfutils-libelf on CentOS 8

elfutils-libelf is Library to read and write ELF files Library to read and write ELF files Library to read and write ELF files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libelf on CentOS 8.

What is elfutils-libelf

The elfutils-libelf package provides a DSO which allows reading and writing ELF files on a high level. Third party programs depend on this package to read internals of ELF files. The programs of the elfutils package use it also to generate new ELF files. elfutils-libelf 0.182 3.el8 i686 223 k elfutils-0.182-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Library to read and write ELF files http GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+ The elfutils-libelf package provides a DSO which allows reading and writing ELF files on a high level. Third party programs depend on this package to read internals of ELF files. The programs of the elfutils package use it also to generate new ELF files. elfutils-libelf 0.182 3.el8 x86_64 216 k elfutils-0.182-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Library to read and write ELF files http GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+ The elfutils-libelf package provides a DSO which allows reading and writing ELF files on a high level. Third party programs depend on this package to read internals of ELF files. The programs of the elfutils package use it also to generate new ELF files.

We can use yum or dnf to install elfutils-libelf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install elfutils-libelf.

Install elfutils-libelf 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 elfutils-libelf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-libelf

Install elfutils-libelf 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 elfutils-libelf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elfutils-libelf

How To Uninstall elfutils-libelf on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the elfutils-libelf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove elfutils-libelf

elfutils-libelf Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/1279b9a8519d121cfc2e1ea112d5f9084bf48b
/usr/lib64/libelf-0.182.so
/usr/lib64/libelf.so.1
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf/COPYING-GPLV2
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf/COPYING-LGPLV3
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/4a312b2f341e155683465b52a61419c4a1c14f
/usr/lib/libelf-0.182.so
/usr/lib/libelf.so.1
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf/COPYING-GPLV2
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libelf/COPYING-LGPLV3
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/elfutils.mo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libelf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.