Update GCC on OSX

Question

So I am a new programmer and I just installed XCode on my Macbook to get the GCC. I think Xcode is the only way for getting GCC on OSX. Now when I run my Hello World applica

Answer 1

You can install your GCC manually

either through

sudo port install gcc46

or your download the source code from one of the mirrors from here for example here

tar xzvf gcc-4.6.0.tar.gz cd gcc-4.6.0 ./configure make

well if you have multiple version, then through you can choose one

port select --list gcc

remember port on mac is called macport https://www.macports.org/install.php and add add the bin into your path export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin