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 provides Objective-C support for the GCC. Mainly used on systems running NeXTSTEP, Objective-C is an object-oriented derivative of the C language.

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/lib/gcc
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/libobjc.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32/libobjc.so
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc/NXConstStr.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc/Object.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc/Protocol.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc/message.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc/objc-decls.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc/objc-exception.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc/objc-sync.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc/objc.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc/runtime.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/include/objc/thr.h
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/libobjc.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/libobjc.so
/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/cc1obj
/usr/share/doc/gcc-objc-7.3.1
/usr/share/doc/gcc-objc-7.3.1/ChangeLog.bz2
/usr/share/doc/gcc-objc-7.3.1/README.libobjc
/usr/share/doc/gcc-objc-7.3.1/THREADS

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.