How To Install colorgcc on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install colorgcc in Fedora 36. colorgcc is Script to colorize the compiler output

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install colorgcc on Fedora 36.

What is `colorgcc`

Perl script written by Jamie Moyers to colorize the terminal output of C++, CC, CCACHE, G++, GCC so error messages can be found within longer compiler outputs.

We can use yum or dnf to install colorgcc on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install colorgcc.

Install colorgcc on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install colorgcc

Install colorgcc on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install colorgcc

How To Uninstall colorgcc on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove colorgcc

colorgcc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/color-c++
/usr/bin/color-cc
/usr/bin/color-ccache
/usr/bin/color-g++
/usr/bin/color-gcc
/usr/bin/colorc++
/usr/bin/colorcc
/usr/bin/colorccache
/usr/bin/colorg++
/usr/bin/colorgcc
/usr/lib/colorgcc
/usr/lib/colorgcc/c++
/usr/lib/colorgcc/cc
/usr/lib/colorgcc/g++
/usr/lib/colorgcc/gcc
/usr/share/doc/colorgcc
/usr/share/doc/colorgcc/README
/usr/share/doc/colorgcc/colorgccrc.sample

References

colorgcc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install colorgcc on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).