Information about the package, gcc-java, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gcc-java package is designed for, Java support for GCC.
Package Name:
gcc-java
Summary:
Java support for GCC
URL:
Description:
This package adds support for compiling Java(tm) programs and bytecode into native code.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.4.7
Release:
18.el6_9.2
Size:
3.8 M
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions
Control the gcc-java package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gcc-java
This command will install gcc-java on the server.
yum remove gcc-java
This command will un-install gcc-java on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gcc-java, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gcc-java
This command will un-install gcc-java on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gcc-java when using the -y flag.
yum update gcc-java
This command will update gcc-java to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gcc-java, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gcc-java
This command will update gcc-java to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gcc-java when using the -y flag.
yum info gcc-java
This command will show you core information about the gcc-java package.
yum deplist gcc-java
This command will show you the dependencies for gcc-java. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update gcc-java
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gcc-java. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.