How To Install libgcc on Fedora 34

libgcc is GCC version 11 shared support library GCC version 11 shared support library GCC version 11 shared support library

Introduction

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

What is libgcc

This package contains GCC shared support library which is needed e.g. for exception handling support. libgcc 11.2.1 1.fc34 i686 116 k gcc-11.2.1-1.fc34.src.rpm updates GCC version 11 shared support library http GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions and LGPLv2+ and BSD This package contains GCC shared support library which is needed e.g. for exception handling support. libgcc 11.2.1 1.fc34 x86_64 107 k gcc-11.2.1-1.fc34.src.rpm updates GCC version 11 shared support library http GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions and LGPLv2+ and BSD This package contains GCC shared support library which is needed e.g. for exception handling support.

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

Install libgcc 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 libgcc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgcc

Install libgcc 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 libgcc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgcc

How To Uninstall libgcc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libgcc

libgcc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/lib/libgcc_s-11-20210324.so.1
/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/27e6946407213aac0689ce8bcd10c5be888f52
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.RUNTIME
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3.LIB
/lib/libgcc_s-11-20210728.so.1
/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/568d0dbc18e3a9aa39e2b12aab788cf1695501
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.RUNTIME
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3.LIB
/lib64/libgcc_s-11-20210324.so.1
/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/4cf607084b98580e62036297ff90c9cea1a3ce
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.RUNTIME
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3.LIB
/lib64/libgcc_s-11-20210728.so.1
/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/e10c9ee769c5cfc7cdb638e3ccbc3169c0a949
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.RUNTIME
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3.LIB

References

Summary

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