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I want to update GCC from 4.4.7 to 4.7.2 in a container(CentOS 6.9) following this tutorial How to upgrade GCC on CentOS.

In the end of the tutorial, the author uses scl enable devtoolset-1.1 bash to launch a new shell where all the environments are updated. I write the following Dockerfile:

Run ... \ && yum install devtoolset-1.1 \ && scl enable devtoolset-1.1 bash

However, when I run the container from the images generated by the Dockerfile, I find that the GCC version is still 4.4.7, which indicates that I enter the old shell.

Though I success in updating GCC in the container by explicitly defining the CC, CPP, CXX variables, I still want to know how to update GCC with "scl" command in a Dockerfile. That's to say, how to enter a new shell in a Dockerfile?

Thank you in advance. ^_^

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To expand on @user2915097's answer here is a working example using devtoolset-7 and rh-python36 instead of devtoolset-1.1

FROM centos:7 # Default version of GCC and Python RUN gcc --version && python --version # Install some developer style software collections with intent to # use newer version of GCC and Python than the OS provided RUN yum install -y centos-release-scl && yum install -y devtoolset-7 rh-python36 # Yum installed packages but the default OS-provided version is still used. RUN gcc --version && python --version # Okay, change our shell to specifically use our software collections. # (default was SHELL [ "/bin/sh", "-c" ]) # https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#shell # # See also `scl` man page for enabling multiple packages if desired: # https://linux.die.net/man/1/scl SHELL [ "/usr/bin/scl", "enable", "devtoolset-7", "rh-python36" ] # Switching to a different shell has brought the new versions into scope. RUN gcc --version && python --version
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Among the directives of the Dockerfile, you have SHELL

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#shell

from this doc

The SHELL instruction can also be used on Linux should an alternate shell be required such as zsh, csh, tcsh and others.

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