How To Install distcc on CentOS 8

distcc is Distributed C/C++ compilation

Introduction

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

What is distcc

distcc is a program to distribute compilation of C or C++ code across several machines on a network. distcc should always generate the same results as a local compile, is simple to install and use, and is often two or more times faster than a local compile.

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

Install distcc 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 distcc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install distcc

Install distcc 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 distcc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install distcc

How To Uninstall distcc on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove distcc

distcc Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/distcc
/etc/distcc/hosts
/usr/bin/distcc
/usr/bin/distccmon-text
/usr/bin/lsdistcc
/usr/bin/pump
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/f108edd739fd8ca5b2425e31d6dc2df1a46a86
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/f32881d081f6b4167b3f2da3db3f078dc5271e
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/31ceb2c6e9b7c873dc433048782a47f934b8ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/4152ecbcf756995aa6536ea3c121495cfe055e
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server-3.3.3-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/basics.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/basics.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/basics_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/basics_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/c_extensions_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/c_extensions_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/cache_basics.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/cache_basics.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/compiler_defaults.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/compiler_defaults.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/compress_files.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/compress_files.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_analyzer.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_analyzer.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_analyzer_memoizing_node.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_analyzer_memoizing_node.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_analyzer_memoizing_node_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_analyzer_memoizing_node_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_analyzer_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_analyzer_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_server.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_server.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_server_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/include_server_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/macro_eval.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/macro_eval.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/macro_eval_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/macro_eval_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/mirror_path.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/mirror_path.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/mirror_path_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/mirror_path_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/parse_command.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/parse_command.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/parse_command_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/parse_command_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/parse_file.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/parse_file.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/parse_file_test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/parse_file_test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/run.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/run.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/setup.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/setup.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/statistics.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/__pycache__/statistics.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/basics.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/basics_test.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/c_extensions_test.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/cache_basics.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/compiler_defaults.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/compress_files.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/distcc_pump_c_extensions.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/include_analyzer.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/include_analyzer_memoizing_node.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/include_analyzer_memoizing_node_test.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/include_analyzer_test.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/include_server.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/include_server_test.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/macro_eval.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/macro_eval_test.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/mirror_path.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/mirror_path_test.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/parse_command.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/parse_command_test.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/parse_file.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/parse_file_test.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/run.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/setup.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/include_server/statistics.py
/usr/share/doc/distcc
/usr/share/doc/distcc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/distcc/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/distcc/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/distcc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/distcc/README
/usr/share/doc/distcc/README.pump
/usr/share/doc/distcc/TODO
/usr/share/doc/distcc/example
/usr/share/doc/distcc/example/README
/usr/share/doc/distcc/example/default
/usr/share/doc/distcc/example/hosts.allow
/usr/share/doc/distcc/example/init
/usr/share/doc/distcc/example/init-suse
/usr/share/doc/distcc/example/logrotate
/usr/share/doc/distcc/example/services
/usr/share/doc/distcc/example/xinetd
/usr/share/doc/distcc/protocol-1.txt
/usr/share/doc/distcc/protocol-2.txt
/usr/share/doc/distcc/protocol-3-impl.txt
/usr/share/doc/distcc/protocol-3.txt
/usr/share/doc/distcc/protocol-gssapi.txt
/usr/share/doc/distcc/reporting-bugs.txt
/usr/share/doc/distcc/status-1.txt
/usr/share/doc/distcc/survey.txt
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/benchmark.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/compared.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/compilers.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/distcc-green.css
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/distcc-lca-2004.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/distcc-lca-2004.pdf
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/distcc-lca2003.ps.gz
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/distccmon-gnome-2003-09-23-01.png
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/faq.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/favicon.ico
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/index.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/man
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/man/distcc_1.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/man/distccd_1.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/man/distccmon_text_1.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/man/include_server_1.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/man/index.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/man/lsdistcc_1.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/man/pump_1.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/results.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/scenarios.html
/usr/share/doc/distcc/web/security.html
/usr/share/man/man1/distcc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/distccmon-text.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/include_server.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lsdistcc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pump.1.gz

References

Summary

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