How to update default GCC on a CentOS 7.9?

[mickael]

Hi,

I updated GCC on my CentOS 7.9 from 4.8.5 to 9 by doing this:

yum install centos-release-scl -y
yum clean all
yum install devtoolset-9-* -y



And then I typed this:

scl enable devtoolset-9 bash

and the "gcc -v" command does return version 9, but every time I restart the dedicated server it reverts to version 4.8.5

How to enable gcc by default?

Cordially

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! I'm not completely sure on this since this package is controlled by the operating system directly and isn't related to cPanel. On a CentOS 7 test machine, I also see version 4.8.5. It seems that this is a common question as I see a similar question posted here:

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[mickael]

Hi @cPRex

Since this morning I haven't been idle, I tried to update and it seems to be a success

To start, I remove what I installed by mistake:
yum remove devtoolset-9-*

Then I :
949 2022-03-14 12:17:50 wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-9.2.0/gcc-9.2.0.tar.gz
950 2022-03-14 12:20:03 tar -xvf gcc-9.2.0.tar.gz
951 2022-03-14 12:20:20 cd gcc-9.2.0
952 2022-03-14 12:20:27 ./configure
953 2022-03-14 12:21:51 sudo yum install glibc-devel.i686
954 2022-03-14 12:21:59 sudo yum install libgcc.i686
955 2022-03-14 12:22:15 ./configure
956 2022-03-14 12:22:39 gcc -v
957 2022-03-14 12:22:46 make
the make is very slow, you have to wait about 1h30
958 2022-03-14 14:33:50 history
959 2022-03-14 14:33:55 gcc --version
The version was still the same, I rebooted the server and then it's ok

[16:20:57] [email protected] [~]# gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 9.2.0
Copyright © 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Ce logiciel est un logiciel libre; voir les sources pour les conditions de copie. Il n'y a
AUCUNE GARANTIE, pas même pour la COMMERCIALISATION ni L'ADÉQUATION À UNE TÂCHE PARTICULIÈRE.
[16:23:52] [email protected] [~]#

[16:23:52] [email protected] [~]# gcc -v
Utilisation des specs internes.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.2.0/lto-wrapper
Cible : x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Configuré avec: ./configure
Modèle de thread: posix
gcc version 9.2.0 (GCC)
[16:25:22] [email protected] [~]#

That's how it is for those who don't know, or for me who needs to read the tutorial again, I'll come back here and read if I need to.

I hope it will go well for the future and that it will work.

[Edit]
I replaced the ./configure and make with:
./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-plugin --enable-initfini-array --disable-libgcj --with-system-zlib
make -j 8

Greetings

 

[mickael]

gcc --version
gcc -v
returned the new version
but not him:
/usr/bin/gcc -v

I replaced the ./configure and make with:
./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-plugin --enable-initfini-array --disable-libgcj --with-system-zlib
make -j 8 faster, in 30 minutes it's good, instead of 1h30
now is ok :
[21:43:33] [email protected]# /usr/bin/gcc -v
Utilisation des specs internes.
COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.2.0/lto-wrapper
Cible : x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Configuré avec: ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-plugin --enable-initfini-array --disable-libgcj --with-system-zlib
Modèle de thread: posix
gcc version 9.2.0 (GCC)
[21:45:39] [email protected] #

I hope that for the future there will be no problem

Before the changes, it displayed this config:

[19:53:24] [email protected] # /usr/bin/gcc -v
Utilisation des specs internes.
COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.8.5/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-redhat-linux
Configuré avec: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla --enable-bootstrap --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-linker-build-id --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-initfini-array --disable-libgcj --with-isl=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.5-20150702/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/isl-install --with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.5-20150702/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/cloog-install --enable-gnu-indirect-function --with-tune=generic --with-arch_32=x86-64 --build=x86_64-redhat-linux
Modèle de thread: posix
gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44) (GCC)