Information about the package, gdb-gdbserver, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gdb-gdbserver package is designed for, A standalone server for GDB (the GNU source-level debugger).
Package Name:
gdb-gdbserver
Summary:
A standalone server for GDB (the GNU source-level debugger)
Description:
exceptions and GPL+ and LGPLv2+ and GFDL and BSD and Public Domain 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. This package provides a program that allows you to run GDB on a different machine than the one which is running the program being debugged.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
7.2
Release:
92.el6
Size:
227 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with
Control the gdb-gdbserver package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gdb-gdbserver
This command will install gdb-gdbserver on the server.
yum remove gdb-gdbserver
This command will un-install gdb-gdbserver on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gdb-gdbserver, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gdb-gdbserver
This command will un-install gdb-gdbserver on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gdb-gdbserver when using the -y flag.
yum update gdb-gdbserver
This command will update gdb-gdbserver to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gdb-gdbserver, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gdb-gdbserver
This command will update gdb-gdbserver to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gdb-gdbserver when using the -y flag.
yum info gdb-gdbserver
This command will show you core information about the gdb-gdbserver package.
yum deplist gdb-gdbserver
This command will show you the dependencies for gdb-gdbserver. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update gdb-gdbserver
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gdb-gdbserver. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.