How To Install gcc-toolset-10 on CentOS 8

gcc-toolset-10 is Package that installs gcc-toolset-10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-10 on CentOS 8.

What is `gcc-toolset-10`

This is the main package for gcc-toolset-10 Software Collection.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-10 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-10.

Install gcc-toolset-10 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 gcc-toolset-10 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-10

Install gcc-toolset-10 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 gcc-toolset-10 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-10

How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-10 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-10 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-10

gcc-toolset-10 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10/README
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/man/man7/gcc-toolset-10.7.gz

References

gcc-toolset-10 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-10 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.