How To Install ccache on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ccache
on CentOS 7.
What is ccache
ccache is a compiler cache. It speeds up recompilation of C/C++ code by caching previous compiles and detecting when the same compile is being done again. The main focus is to handle the GNU C/C++ compiler (GCC), but it may also work with compilers that mimic GCC good enough.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install ccache
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ccache.
Install ccache on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install ccache
using yum
by running the following command:
Install ccache on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install ccache
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall ccache on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ccache
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ccache
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.