GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection. It's the de facto standard C compiler on Linux and older versions of OS X.

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How do I specify what is used as the real C compiler?

I have a configure on Mountain Lion that's running into trouble: [snip] checking for gcc... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc checking whether the C ...
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How to install g++-45 with Homebrew

I have installed gcc45 by using brew tap homebrew/versions & brew install gcc45. However, I can not find g++-4.5 in /usr/local/bin. How can I install g++-4.5 separately by Homebrew? Thanks. My ...
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How to compile LaTeX on Mac OS X? [closed]

How can I compile LaTeX on Mac OS X Mountain Lion? I know there are pre-compiled version of the soft that can be found on the Internet, but I actually want to compile LaTeX (to be able to test some ...
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Installing gcc47 as default using Homebrew

I'm trying to install gcc47 as my default compiler using homebrew. I can successfully install gcc47, but it adds a -4.7 suffix on all of its binaries. If I try to symlink it in /usr/local/bin things ...
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How do I install GCC via Homebrew?

I am using Homebrew exclusively (i.e. I don’t, and won’t, use MacPorts or Fink). I also want to keep manual installations to a bare minimum.1 … But how can I install GCC? First of all, I’ve of ...
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gcc vs. llvm, compiling c++ code, migrating from linux [closed]

i'm migrating from linux machine to mac os x. I was used to write c++ application (for opengl and opencv application mainly) using vim as editor. Now, i have installed XCode on a new 10.8 mac os x ...
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Problems with gdb 7.5.1 debugging executable built via g++ 4.7.2 [closed]

I've been updating my Mac toolchain in order to take advantage of C++11 features and eventually get pretty-print debugging of STL data structures. I used Homebrew to build the gcc 4.7.2 compiler. I've ...
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How to compile mod_wsgi, mod_fastcgi, etc on Mountain Lion by fixing `apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536`?

I've updated to OS X Mountain Lion. Update has removed all of my python and apache modules including mod_wsgi. Now I'm trying to recompile mod_wsgi (it compiled without problems on Lion). I use ...
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How to compile gcc-4.0 on Mountain Lion?

So far I've successfully launched the configure, but when I type make, I get the following error, after some time (there's a lot which compile successfully): ld: unknown/unsupported architecture ...
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Why does it appear that I apparently “do not have access to Command Line Tools” in ML?

I just upgraded to Mountain Lion, and now gcc, make, g++, etc. are not found when trying to launch them in Terminal. So I went to Xcode Preferences, Downloads, and clicked "Install" next to Command ...
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(new) Compiler for (old) XCode

My OS X does not allow me to update to current XCode software. With the new XCode and iOS SDK, the sourcecode is compiled with a newer compiler which has some new syntax options which are missing on ...
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Which version of gcc is on Mountain Lion?

I am looking forward to migrate my c++ code to C++11, which might requires at least g++ 4.6. So what is the GCC installed on Mountain Lion?
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Can Xcode compile C programs?

For the last couple of hours, I have been trying to find and install a gcc compiler so that I can compile C programs using eclipse C/C++ IDE. Eclipse doesn't come with a compiler, so I tried to find ...
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Xcode update for 10.6.8

I would like to use a newer version of Xcode (current version on my system is 3.2.4) and the command line tools (gcc & make). I have tried to install Xcode through the Mac App Store, however I ...
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Where can I find gcc in Xcode 3.2.6?

I have a Mac with OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. I'm trying very hard to learn the basics of programming in C, but I can't get my first simple program to run. I read online to go to Xcode Preferences -> ...
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C and C++ executables freeze in Lion, remotely hosted on Ubuntu box [closed]

I'm trying to compile and run some very simple C and C++ code in Lion. Compilation works fine. Running the executable leads to the 'spinning beach ball of death.' Force-quitting out of Terminal ...
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GCC not found, but Xcode is installed

I have Xcode installed, but when I type gcc in terminal I get "command not found". Maybe I messed up the $PATH variable? What is suposed to be the default value? EDIT: (...):/ imac2$ echo $PATH ...
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I installed Xcode but I still don't have gcc in my terminal

I just got a Mac and I'm a complete newbie, so this may be kind of a really easy question, but I wasn't able to solve it with Google or F1. I was trying to run a C program from the Terminal that ...