How To Install cross-gcc-common on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cross-gcc-common on CentOS 7.
What is cross-gcc-common
Documentation, manual pages and translation files for cross-build GNU C compiler. This is the common part of a set of cross-build GNU C compiler packages for building kernels for other architectures. No support for cross-building user space programs is currently supplied as that would massively multiply the number of packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install cross-gcc-common on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cross-gcc-common.
Install cross-gcc-common on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cross-gcc-common using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cross-gcc-common
Install cross-gcc-common 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.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cross-gcc-common using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cross-gcc-common
How To Uninstall cross-gcc-common on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cross-gcc-common package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cross-gcc-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cross-gcc-common on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.