How To Install gc on Fedora 34

gc is A garbage collector for C and C++ A garbage collector for C and C++

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gc on Fedora 34.

What is gc

The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new. gc 8.0.4 5.fc34 x86_64 105 k gc-8.0.4-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora A garbage collector for C and C++ http BSD The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new.

We can use yum or dnf to install gc on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gc.

Install gc on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install gc

Install gc on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install gc

How To Uninstall gc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove gc

gc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/5f05cfee11ae8d7b8dedc88476762db387b4f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/573f47c44551c3984a3f54b8e9db9f6ba2be7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/9534a9b9b032406f44dad1b640c40756ca6ddb
/usr/lib64/libcord.so.1
/usr/lib64/libcord.so.1.4.0
/usr/lib64/libgc.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgc.so.1.4.3
/usr/lib64/libgccpp.so.1
/usr/lib64/libgccpp.so.1.4.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/4362b97752fe4ba07ae307cc93e9ea09466455
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/6776b4557b6239b94a1b06b8bce4703db894a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/8335988038a582b9e8866a51e31a88c9fb4a81
/usr/lib/libcord.so.1
/usr/lib/libcord.so.1.4.0
/usr/lib/libgc.so.1
/usr/lib/libgc.so.1.4.3
/usr/lib/libgccpp.so.1
/usr/lib/libgccpp.so.1.4.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gc on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.