How to Install and Uninstall elfutils.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "elfutils.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install elfutils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "elfutils.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall elfutils.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the elfutils.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : elfutils
Arch : x86_64
Version : 0.176
Release : 2.amzn2
Size : 307 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : A collection of utilities and DSOs to handle ELF files and DWARF
: data
URL : http://elfutils.org/
License : GPLv3+ and (GPLv2+ or LGPLv3+)
Description : Elfutils is a collection of utilities, including stack (to show
: backtraces), nm (for listing symbols from object files), size
: (for listing the section sizes of an object or archive file),
: strip (for discarding symbols), readelf (to see the raw ELF file
: structures), elflint (to check for well-formed ELF files) and
: elfcompress (to compress or decompress ELF sections).