How To Install riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 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 gdc-7-riscv64-linux-gnu

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install gdc-7-riscv64-linux-gnu

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

What is riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 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 riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 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 riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 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 riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gdc-7-riscv64-linux-gnu

Install riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 on CentOS 8 using yum

Because riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 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 riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gdc-7-riscv64-linux-gnu

How to upgrade (update) a single package riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 in this example you should use the following command:

yum update gdc-7-riscv64-linux-gnu

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade gdc-7-riscv64-linux-gnu

How to Upgrade riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 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 gdc-7-riscv64-linux-gnu

How To remove riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove gdc-7-riscv64-linux-gnu

Extra info and code examples

This is the GNU D compiler, which compiles D on platforms supported by gcc. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimised code. This compiler supports D language version 2.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc-7 from CentOS 8.

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