How To Install libgcc on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcc on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgcc.

Install libgcc 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 libgcc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgcc

Install libgcc 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 libgcc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgcc

How To Uninstall libgcc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libgcc

libgcc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/lib/libgcc_s-8-20200928.so.1
/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/5708630f039feca9847302e2e7a8f2e215bead
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.RUNTIME
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3.LIB
/lib64/libgcc_s-8-20200928.so.1
/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/7ace9bd43d6aee5f125e1a3e47dfbb8a4882e2
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING.RUNTIME
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3
/usr/share/licenses/libgcc/COPYING3.LIB

References

• libgcc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcc on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.