How To Install gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++ on CentOS 8

gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++ is C++ support for GCC version 10

Introduction

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

What is `gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++`

This package adds C++ support to the GNU Compiler Collection version 10. It includes support for most of the current C++ specification and a lot of support for the upcoming C++ specification.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++

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

sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++

How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++ on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++

gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++ Package Contents on CentOS 8

/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/bin/c++
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/bin/g++
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/bin/x86_64-redhat-linux-c++
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/bin/x86_64-redhat-linux-g++
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32/libstdc++.a
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32/libstdc++.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32/libstdc++_nonshared.a
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32/libstdc++fs.a
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/32/libsupc++.a
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/libstdc++.so
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/libsupc++.a
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/libexec/gcc
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/cc1plus
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-1993.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-1994.bz2
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/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-2011.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-2012.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-2013.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-2014.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-2015.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-2016.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-2017.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-2018.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog-2019.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog.ptr.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++/ChangeLog.tree-ssa.bz2
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-10/root/usr/share/man/man1/g++.1.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/4bc8fcc2b4059f1b3fbec37cb0e399750354aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/4bc8fcc2b4059f1b3fbec37cb0e399750354aa.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/4bc8fcc2b4059f1b3fbec37cb0e399750354aa.2
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/4bc8fcc2b4059f1b3fbec37cb0e399750354aa.3
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/135fa8297c8915980ab757c4c292e634921b93

References

gcc-toolset-10-gcc-c++ website

Summary

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