How To Install gcc10-c++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc10-c++.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gcc10-c++.x86_64 is C++ support for GCC version 10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc10-c++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is gcc10-c++.x86_64

This package adds C++ support to the GNU Compiler Collection version 10. It includes support for most of the current C++ specification, including templates and exception handling.

We can use yum to install gcc10-c++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc10-c++.x86_64.

Install gcc10-c++.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 gcc10-c++.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc10-c++.x86_64

How To Uninstall gcc10-c++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gcc10-c++.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gcc10-c++.x86_64

gcc10-c++.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gcc10-c++
/usr/bin/gcc10-g++
/usr/bin/x86_64-redhat-linux-gcc10-c++
/usr/bin/x86_64-redhat-linux-gcc10-g++
/usr/lib/gcc
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32/libstdc++.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32/libstdc++.so
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32/libstdc++_nonshared.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32/libstdc++fs.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32/libsupc++.a
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/libstdc++.so
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/libsupc++.a
/usr/libexec/gcc
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10
/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/cc1plus
/usr/share/man/man1/gcc10-g++.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc10-c++.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.