Installing gcc 4.8 and Linuxbrew on CentOS 6

The GCC distributed with CentOS 6 is 4.4.7, which is pretty outdated. I'd like to use gcc 4.8+. Also, when trying to install Linuxbrew you run into a dependency loop where Homebrew's gcc depends on zlib, which depends on gcc. Here's how I solved the problem.

Note: Requires sudo privileges.

Resources:

• http://superuser.com/a/676337/88393: Forum response on using CERN's open Scientific Linux distribution of RHEL's developer toolset.
• http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/devtoolset/: CERN's developer toolset installation instructions.