How To Install arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install gnat-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install gnat-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnat-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Install arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink on CentOS 8 using yum

Because arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnat-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf

How to upgrade (update) a single package arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink in this example you should use the following command:

yum update gnat-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade gnat-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf

How to Upgrade arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update gnat-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf

How To remove arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnat-6-arm-linux-gnueabihf

Extra info and code examples

GNAT is a compiler for the Ada programming language. It produces optimized code on platforms supported by the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This package provides the compiler, tools and runtime library that handles exceptions using the default zero-cost mechanism.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the arm-linux-gnueabihf-gnatlink from CentOS 8.

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