How To Install gcc-plugin-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-plugin-devel on CentOS 7. gcc-plugin-devel is Support for compiling GCC plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-plugin-devel on CentOS 7.

What is gcc-plugin-devel

This package contains header files and other support files for compiling GCC plugins. The GCC plugin ABI is currently not stable, so plugins must be rebuilt any time GCC is updated.

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

Install gcc-plugin-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install gcc-plugin-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-plugin-devel

Install gcc-plugin-devel 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 gcc-plugin-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-plugin-devel

How To Uninstall gcc-plugin-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gcc-plugin-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-plugin-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-plugin-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.