Can I install a recent gcc from binaries on Amazon Linux?

Question

I'm using Amazon Linux on an EC2 instance started from the most recent 2017.03 AMI (ami-6df1e514).

This distribution comes with g++ 4.8.3 from 2013. I need something more recent that can compile C++14.

Is there any way to install a more recent gcc from some sort of binaries, or am I stuck compiling it from source?

I'm not seeing anything in the Amazon repos that looks recent:

[ec2-user@ip-... ~]$ yum list \*gcc\*
Loaded plugins: priorities, update-motd, upgrade-helper
Installed Packages
gcc.noarch                                                   4.8.3-3.20.amzn1                                      @amzn-main
gcc-c++.noarch                                               4.8.3-3.20.amzn1                                      @amzn-main
gcc-gfortran.noarch                                          4.8.3-3.20.amzn1                                      @amzn-main
gcc48.x86_64                                                 4.8.3-9.111.amzn1                                     @amzn-main
gcc48-c++.x86_64                                             4.8.3-9.111.amzn1                                     @amzn-main
gcc48-gfortran.x86_64                                        4.8.3-9.111.amzn1                                     @amzn-main
libgcc48.x86_64                                              4.8.3-9.111.amzn1                                     installed 
Available Packages
gcc-gnat.noarch                                              4.8.3-3.20.amzn1                                      amzn-main 
gcc44.x86_64                                                 4.4.6-4.81.amzn1                                      amzn-main 
gcc44-c++.x86_64                                             4.4.6-4.81.amzn1                                      amzn-main 
gcc44-gfortran.x86_64                                        4.4.6-4.81.amzn1                                      amzn-main 
gcc44-gnat.x86_64                                            4.4.6-4.81.amzn1                                      amzn-main 
gcc44-objc.x86_64                                            4.4.6-4.81.amzn1                                      amzn-main 
gcc44-objc++.x86_64                                          4.4.6-4.81.amzn1                                      amzn-main 
gcc48-gnat.x86_64                                            4.8.3-9.111.amzn1                                     amzn-main 
gcc48-plugin-devel.x86_64                                    4.8.3-9.111.amzn1                                     amzn-main 
libgcc44.i686                                                4.4.6-4.81.amzn1                                      amzn-main 
libgcc44.x86_64                                              4.4.6-4.81.amzn1                                      amzn-main 
libgcc48.i686                                                4.8.3-9.111.amzn1                                     amzn-main

Is there an alternative, testing repo or something that contains more recent packages?

Many packages available for Amazon Linux are out of date. The best approach is to use Ubuntu. If you have to start with AL your options are to find a repository that's up to date (Centos) or build from source. — Tim, Aug 14 '17 at 19:33

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '18 at 00:44

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Use the new Amazon Linux 2 at https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-2/ which has gcc v7.2.1 in it's default repo.

answered Jan 21 '18 at 00:44

David Filiatrault

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gcc 7.3.1 as of Sep 2018. – ruhong Sep 28 '18 at 19:05
gcc7 fails to build my codebase, we need gcc8. how to do now – v.oddou Oct 08 '19 at 08:01
Try linuxbrew https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux – Michael Armitage Feb 03 '20 at 13:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '21 at 15:33

Currently it looks like that:

# yum list \*gcc10\*
Loaded plugins: extras_suggestions, langpacks, priorities, update-motd
Installed Packages
gcc10.x86_64                                   10.3.1-1.amzn2.0.1                    @amzn2-core
gcc10-binutils.x86_64                          2.35-21.amzn2.0.1                     @amzn2-core
gcc10-binutils-gold.x86_64                     2.35-21.amzn2.0.1                     @amzn2-core
Available Packages
gcc10-binutils.i686                            2.35-21.amzn2.0.1                     amzn2-core 
gcc10-binutils-devel.x86_64                    2.35-21.amzn2.0.1                     amzn2-core 
gcc10-c++.x86_64                               10.3.1-1.amzn2.0.1                    amzn2-core 
gcc10-gdb-plugin.x86_64                        10.3.1-1.amzn2.0.1                    amzn2-core 
gcc10-plugin-devel.x86_64                      10.3.1-1.amzn2.0.1                    amzn2-core

Therefore just execute: yum install -y gcc10.x86_64 gcc10-c++.x86_64 and check it:

# gcc10-gcc --version
gcc10-gcc (GCC) 10.3.1 20210422 (Red Hat 10.3.1-1)
Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.```

Can I install a recent gcc from binaries on Amazon Linux?

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