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osx-gcc-installer
Python2011–2013
kennethreitz / osx-gcc-installer

osx-gcc-installer

GCC Installer for OSX! Without Xcode!

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What it is

GCC Installer for OSX! Without Xcode!

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Where it is used

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While this doesn't help him get his time back, next time I'd encourage him to use rvm as the other posters have previously indicated — but instead of actually installing the…

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month20 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2011-07-30 00:40:47 UTC to 2013-07-25 02:46:14 UTC.

012342011-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2011-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 commentsJul 20112011-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2011-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2011-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJul 20122012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsJul 2013

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jul 20112011-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2011-08-01 00:00:00 UTC211
Aug 20112011-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC404
Sep 20112011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2011-10-01 00:00:00 UTC211
Oct 20112011-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Nov 20112011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Dec 20112011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20122012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20122012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC303
Mar 20122012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20122012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC202
May 20122012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20122012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20122012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Aug 20122012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20122012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20122012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20122012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20122012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20132013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20132013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Apr 20132013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20132013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20132013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20132013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC202

From the project README

An excerpt from the repository, fetched Nov 13, 2026.

Read the project’s introduction
OSX GCC Installer The osx-gcc-installer allows you to install the essential compilers from either pre-built binary packages or helps you create your own installer. For Lion and above users, Apple now provides an official Command Line Tools for Xcode package that you can install without needing to install Xcode itself! You can install it with xcode-select --install on Mavericks and Yosemite or download it from Apple's developer site (free registration required) and search for "Command Line Tools" on Lion and Mountain Lion. If you still need gcc-4.2, and you use Homebrew, you can install it using the apple-gcc42 package from homebrew/dupes. Option 1: Downloading Pre-Built Binaries You can download the installers on the Releases page or use the links below: OS X 10.7 Lion: GCC-10.7-v0.3.pkg OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: GCC-10.6-v0.3.pkg Option 2: Build Your Own To create your own package, place the Xcode Installer for your OS version (Install Xcode.app) in the root directory of the repository, and edit the packages_list.txt file to include the packages you want. Then run the build.py script: python build.py it will produce a build_essentials.pkg file by default, containing all the desired packages. For example, if you want to include all the default packages but want to add the 10.6 SDK, the file would look as follows: DevSDK.pkg DeveloperToolsCLI.pkg MacOSX10.6.pkg clang.pkg llvm-gcc4.2.pkg gcc4.2.pkg What's Included? GCC LLVM Clang Developer CLI Tools (purge, etc) DevSDK (headers, etc) References The source code from Apple for these packages is available here: http://www.opensource.apple.com/release/developer-tools-41/ Troubleshooting Do not install this if you already have Xcode installed! Mixing Xcode and osx-gcc-installer is known to cause various difficult-to-diagnose problems and is not recommended. If you intend to only use command line tools you should first uninstall Xcode entirely before installing osx-gcc-installer.
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