Installing GCC

I'm trying to get the GCC compiler installed on my Mac. I installed the gcc4.0 package on the Mac OS X Install Disc, which is in the Xcode Tools directory. However, even after installing, Terminal says it doesn't understand the gcc command…

What did I do wrong?

You need to install all of Xcode, not just the gcc package. There are libraries and headers that gcc needs.
If you're trying to save space, you can choose not to install the docs.

Thanks!

You should not need to install the complete xcode package. It may be a PATH problem and the shell cannot find gcc anywhere it is looking. Make sure you PATH includes the bin directory containing gcc. From the terminal, type "which gcc". If it says it is not found, it is the PATH.

You do not need all of Xcode.

I actually still some problem installing GCC

I installed the gcc 4.0 and 3.3 for good measure, yet i still fail to run it

I do know probably its the path problem

jonathanong:~ Jonathan$ which gcc
no gcc in /opt/local/bin /opt/local/sbin /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin

And i've got problem installing darwin port because it says gcc not installed. Lets say my .c file or a header .h file is in the desktop, how do i actually compile it or find the path to link it to?

Usually its just gcc <filename> or if i'm trying to compile a openGL file

cc main-good.c -o simple -framework GLUT -framework OpenGL -lobjc

but it still says -bash: cc: command not found

An advice will tremendously help me

Try which gcc-4.0 and see if it finds that. On my machine, all the gcc's are in /usr/bin. From your post, you have that in the path so if they are installed there it should be good.

Here is how I did it. I wanted to use gcc filename to compile, so I made a link called gcc to gcc-4.0. If I want to use 3.0 I just change the link. Also, cc is just a link to gcc-4.0.

lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 Jul 11 21:58 gcc -> gcc-4.0
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 260616 Sep 11 2006 gcc-3.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 80168 Sep 27 2006 gcc-4.0

/usr/bin/gcc-4.0

Yup, which gcc-4.0 found that

How do i make a link to gcc or cc? If that one you were showing was it, than it doesn't work

I tried compiling, and they have problem detecting the libraries stdio.h and stdlib.h

those common ones, not even openGLs

Do i really have to install the whole XCode tool?

I really don't understand why you wouldn't install the XCode tools. If nothing else, it saves you the hassle you are going through now. You could always remove the parts you do not want or need.

gcc should look for header files in /usr/include and libraries in /usr/lib

I would look in these locations and verify the files exist. If they do exist, it may be a gcc configuration issue. I would have expected the files to be included with the installation of gcc.

To find out about a link "man ln" or search the web.