How To Install distcc-server on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install distcc-server on CentOS 7. distcc-server is Server for distributed C/C++ compilation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install distcc-server on CentOS 7.

What is distcc-server

This package contains the compilation server needed to use distcc.

We can use yum or dnf to install distcc-server on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install distcc-server.

Install distcc-server on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install distcc-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install distcc-server

Install distcc-server 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 distcc-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install distcc-server

How To Uninstall distcc-server on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the distcc-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove distcc-server

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install distcc-server on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.