How To Install gcc-objc++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-objc++.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gcc-objc++.x86_64 is Objective-C++ support for GCC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-objc++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gcc-objc++.x86_64`

gcc-objc++ package provides Objective-C++ support for the GCC.

We can use yum to install gcc-objc++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-objc++.x86_64.

Install gcc-objc++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gcc-objc++.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-objc++.x86_64

How To Uninstall gcc-objc++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gcc-objc++.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gcc-objc++.x86_64

gcc-objc++.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/libexec/gcc
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/cc1objplus

References

gcc-objc++.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-objc++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.