Install GCC 4.8.1 and other Scientitic Packages via Yum on CentOS

Do take a look at Linux @ CERN for the documentation on how to use yum to install devtoolset which contain the following packages. The latest version for CentOS 6 is devtoolset-2.1. Here is a summary of the Linux @ CERN

CentOS 6 / SL 6

Developer Toolset 2.1 provides following tools:

• gcc/g++/gfortran - GNU Compiler Collection - version 4.8.2
• gdb - GNU Debugger - version 7.6.34
• binutils - A GNU collection of binary utilities - version 2.23.52
• elfutils - A collection of utilities and DSOs to handle compiled objects - version 0.155
• dwz - DWARF optimization and duplicate removal tool - version 0.11
• systemtap - Programmable system-wide instrumentation system - version 2.1
• valgrind - Tool for finding memory management bugs in programs - version 3.8.1
• oprofile - System wide profiler - version 0.9.8
• eclipse - An Integrated Development Environment - version 4.3.1 (Kepler)

CentOS 5 / SL 5

Developer Toolset 1.1 provides following tools:

• gcc/g++/gfortran - GNU Compiler Collection - version 4.7.2
• gdb - GNU Debugger - version 7.5
• binutils - A GNU collection of binary utilities - version 2.23.51
• elfutils - A collection of utilities and DSOs to handle compiled objects - version 0.154
• dwz - DWARF optimization and duplicate removal tool - version 0.7
• systemtap - Programmable system-wide instrumentation system - version 1.8
• valgrind - Tool for finding memory management bugs in programs - version 3.8.1
• oprofile - System wide profiler - version 0.9.7

Installation and Enablement

CentOS 6 / SL 6
Save repository information as /etc/yum.repos.d/slc6-devtoolset.repo on your system:

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ 
# wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/slc6-devtoolset.repo http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/devtoolset/slc6-devtoolset.repo
# yum install devtoolset-2 --nogpgcheck
# scl enable devtoolset-2 bash

CentOS 5 / SL 5
Save repository information as /etc/yum.repos.d/slc5-devtoolset.repo on your system:

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
# wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/slc5-devtoolset.repo http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/devtoolset/slc5-devtoolset.repo
# yum install devtoolset-1.1
# scl enable devtoolset-1.1 bash