How To Install gc.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gc.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. gc.i686 is A garbage collector for C and C++

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gc.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gc.i686`

The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new.

We can use yum to install gc.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gc.i686.

Install gc.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gc.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gc.i686

How To Uninstall gc.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gc.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gc.i686

gc.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/libcord.so.1
/usr/lib/libcord.so.1.3.0
/usr/lib/libgc.so.1
/usr/lib/libgc.so.1.3.2
/usr/lib/libgccpp.so.1
/usr/lib/libgccpp.so.1.3.1

References

gc.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gc.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.