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pcc


Information about the package, pcc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pcc package is designed for, The Portable C Compiler.


Package Name:

pcc

Summary:

The Portable C Compiler

Description:

The compiler is based on the original Portable C Compiler by Stephen C. Johnson, written in the late 70's. Even though much of the compiler has been rewritten, some of the basics still remain. PCC debuted in Unix Version 7 and replaced the DMR compiler (Dennis Ritchie's original C compiler) in both System V and the BSD 4.x releases. Some history about pcc is in the A History of UNIX before Berkeley: UNIX Evolution: 1975-1984 and in the Evolution of C. About 50% of the front-end code and 80% of the back-end code has been rewritten. Most stuff is written by Anders Magnusson, with the exception of the data-flow analysis part and the SSA conversion code which is written by Peter A. Jonsson, and the Mips port that were written as part of a project by undergraduate students at Luleå University of Technology (LTU).

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.1.0

Release:

1.1.20180504cvs.el6

Size:

309 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD with advertising and BSD and ISC



Handy Yum Commands for pcc


Control the pcc package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install pcc

This command will install pcc on the server.

yum remove pcc

This command will un-install pcc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove pcc

This command will un-install pcc 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 pcc when using the -y flag.

yum update pcc

This command will update pcc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update pcc

This command will update pcc 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 pcc when using the -y flag.

yum info pcc

This command will show you core information about the pcc package.

yum deplist pcc

This command will show you the dependencies for pcc. 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 pcc

This command will check if there is an update waiting on pcc. 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.