$ sudo yum install devtoolset-7 Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.vcu.edu * epel: mirror.siena.edu * extras: mirror.vcu.edu * updates: mirror.vcu.edu No package devtoolset-7 available. Error: Nothing to do On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 12:17 PM Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 9/11/19 9:05 AM, John Chludzinski wrote: > > > > How do I go about updating gcc to version 6 or greater on my CentOS 7 > > machine? And do so safely? > > > The easiest way is going to be to use software collections: > > https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-7/ > > devtoolset 7 will install gcc 7 in a directory in /opt, which will not > conflict or interfere with existing system packages. When you want to > use gcc 7, you'd start a new shell with a modified path and other > environment variables using: > > scl enable devtoolset-7 bash > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos