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Installation of GCC

Installing GCC varies depending on the operating system you are using. Here are the instructions for different platforms.

Installation on Linux

On most Linux distributions, you can install GCC using the package manager. For example:

Ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential

Fedora

sudo dnf install gcc gcc-c++

Installation on macOS

On macOS, you can install GCC using Homebrew:

brew install gcc

Installation on Windows

On Windows, you can install GCC as part of the MinGW-w64 or MSYS2 projects.

Using MSYS2

  1. Download and install MSYS2 from msys2.org.
  2. Open the MSYS2 shell and update the package database:
pacman -Syu
  1. Install GCC:
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc

Verifying the Installation

After installing GCC, you can verify the installation by checking the version:

gcc --version