How To Install cc65 on CentOS 8

cc65 is A free C compiler for 6502 based systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cc65 on CentOS 8.

What is `cc65`

cc65 is a complete cross development package for 65(C)02 systems, including a powerful macro assembler, a C compiler, linker, librarian and several other tools. cc65 has C and runtime library support for many of the old 6502 machines, including - the following Commodore machines - VIC20 - C16/C116 and Plus/4 - C64 - C128 - CBM 510 (aka P500) - the 600/700 family - newer PET machines (not 2001). - the Apple ][+ and successors. - the Atari 8 bit machines. - the Atari 2600 console. - the Atari 5200 console. - GEOS for the C64, C128 and Apple //e. - the Bit Corporation Gamate console. - the NEC PC-Engine (aka TurboGrafx-16) console. - the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console. - the Watara Supervision console. - the VTech Creativision console. - the Oric Atmos. - the Oric Telestrat. - the Lynx console. - the Ohio Scientific Challenger 1P.

We can use yum or dnf to install cc65 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cc65.

Install cc65 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cc65 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cc65

Install cc65 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install cc65 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cc65

How To Uninstall cc65 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the cc65 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cc65

cc65 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/ar65
/usr/bin/ca65
/usr/bin/cc65
/usr/bin/chrcvt65
/usr/bin/cl65
/usr/bin/co65
/usr/bin/da65
/usr/bin/grc65
/usr/bin/ld65
/usr/bin/od65
/usr/bin/sim65
/usr/bin/sp65
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/da535a36b1dd25c28ee5d35428bebe69b5115a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/8d98b5964929f41b462aefa9cddc2c824f9235
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/94517f694af9964883e2263d7c74b4d45a1b75
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/843448418b2224cbe2cf58def021961c912160
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/e80d94501d1afd6bf392608aac1064962b6b6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/4d5f039ec050b3b7034df23a79e9724e1f777c
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/a64047c6f238d18c4f33ac117bb705dfaae226
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/e0c2443d0cf7e08123bb031324fa0eeab48617
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/84edb2739d4a35beec35322211c8beffbe0a5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/8f10be70e93d452ad6edc0a54811fb3c47c369
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/fd5ab2458bdfecdbf3e09f94886a1e6c92a679
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/212942f411d3eff8762d5f58b37b0d04f1c002
/usr/share/doc/cc65
/usr/share/doc/cc65/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/cc65
/usr/share/licenses/cc65/LICENSE

References

cc65 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cc65 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.