How To Install libgcc on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcc on CentOS 7. libgcc is GCC version 4.8 shared support library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcc on CentOS 7.

What is libgcc

This package contains GCC shared support library which is needed e.g. for exception handling support.

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

Install libgcc on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libgcc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgcc

Install libgcc 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 libgcc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgcc

How To Uninstall libgcc on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libgcc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgcc

References

Summary

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