How To Install libgcc on Fedora 36

Introduction

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

What is libgcc

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgcc.

Install libgcc 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 libgcc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgcc

Install libgcc 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 libgcc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgcc

How To Uninstall libgcc on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libgcc

libgcc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/lib64/libgcc_s-12-20220413.so.1
/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/4e4e492003556b25e1a4572b3c14bbecc0f48e
/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-12-20220507.so.1
/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/82df1fa0e0de4d8382b75c0fa730e0672f1a47
/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

• libgcc website

Summary

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