How To Install gc on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gc on CentOS 7.
What is gc
The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new. The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new.
We can use yum or dnf to install gc on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gc.
Install gc on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install gc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gc
Install gc 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 gc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gc
How To Uninstall gc on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the gc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
