Ooops! for to: $ sudo yum install centos-release-scl-rh On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 12:50 PM John Chludzinski <john.chludzinski at gmail.com> wrote: > > $ 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