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gcc-objc


Information about the package, gcc-objc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gcc-objc package is designed for, Objective-C support for GCC.


Package Name:

gcc-objc

Summary:

Objective-C support for GCC

Description:

gcc-objc provides Objective-C support for the GCC. Mainly used on systems running NeXTSTEP, Objective-C is an object-oriented derivative of the C language.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.4.7

Release:

18.el6_9.2

Size:

3.7 M

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ with exceptions



Handy Yum Commands for gcc-objc


Control the gcc-objc package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install gcc-objc

This command will install gcc-objc on the server.

yum remove gcc-objc

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

yum -y remove gcc-objc

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

yum update gcc-objc

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

yum -y update gcc-objc

This command will update gcc-objc 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-objc when using the -y flag.

yum info gcc-objc

This command will show you core information about the gcc-objc package.

yum deplist gcc-objc

This command will show you the dependencies for gcc-objc. 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-objc

This command will check if there is an update waiting on gcc-objc. 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.