install gcc (centos7.3)

1. autoconf
2. automake
3. binutils
4. bison
5. flex
6. gcc
7. gcc-c++
8. gettext
9. libtool
10. make
11. patch
12. pkgconfig
13. redhat-rpm-config
14. rpm-build
15. rpm-sign

Command to list groups on a CentOS / RHEL 7

Type the following yum command:
# yum group list

 

Another option:
# yum group list ids
Sample outputs:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror There is no installed groups file. Maybe run: yum groups mark convert (see man yum) Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos.excellmedia.net * epel: mirror01.idc.hinet.net * extras: centos.excellmedia.net * updates: centos.excellmedia.net Available Environment Groups: Minimal Install (minimal) Compute Node (compute-node-environment) Infrastructure Server (infrastructure-server-environment) File and Print Server (file-print-server-environment) MATE Desktop (mate-desktop-environment) Basic Web Server (web-server-environment) Virtualization Host (virtualization-host-environment) Server with GUI (graphical-server-environment) GNOME Desktop (gnome-desktop-environment) KDE Plasma Workspaces (kde-desktop-environment) Development and Creative Workstation (developer-workstation-environment) Available Groups: CIFS file server (cifs-file-server) Compatibility Libraries (compat-libraries) Console Internet Tools (console-internet) Desktop (basic-desktop) Desktop Platform (desktop-platform) Desktop Platform Development (desktop-platform-devel) Development Tools (development) Eclipse (eclipse) Educational Software (education) Electronic Lab (electronic-lab) FCoE Storage Client (storage-client-fcoe) Fedora Packager (fedora-packager) General Purpose Desktop (general-desktop) Graphical Administration Tools (graphical-admin-tools) Haskell (haskell) Legacy UNIX Compatibility (legacy-unix) Messaging Client Support (system-management-messaging-client) Messaging Server Support (system-management-messaging-server) Milkymist (milkymist) MySQL Database client (mysql-client) MySQL Database server (mysql) NFS file server (nfs-file-server) Network Storage Server (storage-server) SNMP Support (system-management-snmp) Scientific Support (scientific) Security Tools (security-tools) Server Platform (server-platform) Server Platform Development (server-platform-devel) Smart Card Support (smart-card) Storage Availability Tools (storage-client-multipath) System Administration Tools (system-admin-tools) System Management (system-management) TeX support (tex) TurboGears application framework (turbogears) Virtualization (virtualization) Web-Based Enterprise Management (system-management-wbem) Xfce (xfce-desktop) iSCSI Storage Client (storage-client-iscsi) Done

Command to install GCC and Development Tools on a CentOS / RHEL 7 server

Type the following yum command as root user:
# yum group install "Development Tools"
OR

$ sudo yum group install "Development Tools"

If above command failed, try:
# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

A note about failing groupinstall on CentOS/RHEL 7.x

To install all the packages belonging to a package group called “Development Tools” use the following command:
# yum --setopt=group_package_types=mandatory,default,optional groupinstall "Development Tools"
OR
# yum --setopt=group_package_types=mandatory,default,optional group install "Development Tools"

The yum has changed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/CentOS 7. The package group “Development Tools”” has only the optional packages which by default doesn’t get installed. So we will need to pass the option --setopt=group_package_types=mandatory,default,optional to install the optional packages too.

Verify your gcc installation on a CentOS / RHEL 7 server

Type the following command to see gcc location:

$ whereis gcc
gcc: /usr/bin/gcc /usr/lib/gcc /usr/libexec/gcc /usr/share/man/man1/gcc.1.gz

Type the following command to see gcc compiler version:

$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.8.2 20140120 (Red Hat 4.8.2-16)
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Test gcc C compiler with a sample foo.c program

Create a file called foo.c as follows:

#include<stdio.h> int main(void){ printf("Hello World!\n"); return 0; }

To compile foo.c into foo executable file, type:
$ cc foo.c -o foo
To execute foo program, type:

$ ./foo
Hello World!

A note about install man pages on a CentOS 6/7

Use the yum command as follows:
$ ## [ CentOS 7 ] ##
$ sudo yum install man-pages man-db man
$ ## [ CentOS 6.x ] ##
$ sudo yum install man man-pages