How To Install libgcc on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcc on CentOS 8.
What is libgcc
This package contains GCC shared support library which is needed e.g. for exception handling support. 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 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgcc.
Install libgcc on CentOS 8 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 8 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 8
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 8 using yum and dnf.