Monday, February 20, 2012

Installing gcc and g++ on Mac Lion 10.7.3

1. Install Xcode 4.3 by clicking "View in Mac Apple Store"
          If you want to get an Apple account without a credit card, follow this.

2. Get "Command Line Tools for Xcode" inside Xcode
           Xcode --> Open Developer Tool --> Command Line Tools for Xcode.dmg

3. You now have gcc and g++
          Type which gcc you should see /usr/bin/gcc, and which g++ you should see /usr/bin/g++


Extra notes:
- At first I cannot not find gcc in /usr/bin. Google points me to install Xcode
- After I have Xcode, gcc does not work either. I could not find /Developer. Then I read "/Developer No Longer Exists" in Xcode 4.3

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  2. The steps he's describing are not command line instructions. He means:
    - Run Xcode (e.g., by double-clicking its icon)
    - Click the "Xcode" menu at the top of the screen. You'll see "Open Developer Tool" under there.
    (I had to then click "More Developer Tools..." before I saw the Command Line Tools as an option.)

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