CentOS - Sep 2019 - Need to update gcc to version >=6 on CentOS 7 ?

$ sudo yum install devtoolset-7

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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
>
>
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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

On Wed, 11 Sep 2019, John Chludzinski wrote:
> Ooops! for to:
>
> $ sudo yum install centos-release-scl-rh
Ad-free, non-tracking blog post on using SCL packages:

   https://www.madboa.com/blog/2016/08/29/scl-intro/

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On 9/11/19 9:50 AM, John Chludzinski wrote:
> $ sudo yum install devtoolset-7
> No package devtoolset-7 available.
> Error: Nothing to do

You've skipped step #1: sudo yum install centos-release-scl

Nope. Did that too.

I?m up and running.

On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 13:06 Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com>
wrot
> On 9/11/19 9:50 AM, John Chludzinski wrote:
> > $ sudo yum install devtoolset-7
> > No package devtoolset-7 available.
> > Error: Nothing to do
>
>
> You've skipped step #1: sudo yum install centos-release-scl
>
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