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

Last updated: January 02,2025

1. Install "gdb.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to install gdb.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                gdb.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gdb.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gdb.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


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

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : gdb
Arch : x86_64
Version : 8.0.1
Release : 36.amzn2.0.1
Size : 3.1 M
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : A GNU source-level debugger for C, C++, Fortran, Go and other
: languages
URL : http://gnu.org/software/gdb/
License : GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with
: exceptions and GPL+ and LGPLv2+ and LGPLv3+ and BSD and Public
: Domain and GFDL
Description : GDB, the GNU debugger, allows you to debug programs written in C,
: C++, Java, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled
: fashion and printing their data.