How To Install gcc-toolset-9 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9 on Rocky Linux 8. gcc-toolset-9 is Package that installs gcc-toolset-9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gcc-toolset-9`

This is the main package for gcc-toolset-9 Software Collection.

We can use yum or dnf to install gcc-toolset-9 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gcc-toolset-9.

Install gcc-toolset-9 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gcc-toolset-9 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gcc-toolset-9

Install gcc-toolset-9 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gcc-toolset-9 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-9

How To Uninstall gcc-toolset-9 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gcc-toolset-9 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gcc-toolset-9

gcc-toolset-9 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/doc/gcc-toolset-9/README
/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-9/root/usr/share/man/man7/gcc-toolset-9.7.gz

References

gcc-toolset-9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcc-toolset-9 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.