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GCC Installer for OSX! Without Xcode!

20 mentions on Hacker News by 20 people: 2 stories, 18 comments · first 2011-07-30 · latest 2013-07-25

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  1. …for Mac OS X. Xcode is free-as-in-beer. You can install this if you want to avoid Apple's tooling: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer Ruby, Python, Perl and other interpreters come standard with OS X. As does a terminal.…
    comment by aaronbrethorst · 2013-07-25 · in Apple Developer System Status
  2. temporary workaround: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer
    comment by nonchalance · 2013-07-24 · in Apple Developer System Status
  3. use this https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer/
    comment by micampe · 2013-03-02 · in Pkgsrc on OS X
  4. …1. Editorialized headline 2. It's easier than this article-- you don't have to install XCode: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer/ 3. There are some smart folks working hard to make it easier:…
    comment by molecule · 2012-07-10 · in Installing Rails on a Mac Shouldn't Be As Hard As It Is
  5. https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer Use the prebuilt packages in the readme.
    comment by bricestacey · 2012-04-25 · in Ask HN: MacBook Pro still preferred laptop for non-MS development?
  6. for future reference, step 1 - gcc toolchain ( https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer or xcode), step 2 - rvm ( http://beginrescueend.com/ ), step 3 - "rvm install 1.9.3 && rvm 1.9.3 --default && gem install rails" (homebrew…
    comment by mattbriggs · 2012-04-04 · in Rails isn't for beginners
  7. …install. We'll have to keep using something like OSX-GCC-Installer ( https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer ) for now. Anyway, this is a positive move for those of us who want to be able to use Xcode and also need/wa
    comment by redbeard0x0a · 2012-02-16 · in New Features in Xcode 4.3
  8. You can get it here https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer
    comment by falling · 2012-02-07 · in Apple’s great GPL purge
  9. BTW, anyone who wants GCC for Mac OS X can easily do so using the OS X GCC installer: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer
    comment by alwillis · 2012-02-07 · in Apple’s great GPL purge
  10. …is just gcc and the other bare minimum tools you'd need to get ruby and the various gems working: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer Also, one small gripe is that it sounds like the majority of his complaints were actually…
    comment by peteforde · 2011-11-16 · in Trying Rails and Mac. Confessions of a .NET Developer
  11. > If it was a real issue someone would have packaged up GCC or LLVM https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer
    comment by davvid · 2011-11-13 · in Tim O'Reilly: I am really starting to hate Mac OS X.
  12. …size of Xcode annoys me too, since I never use it. So I've been using this GCC install on my Mac: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer Couple hundred megabytes. It's still a lot larger than Orca/C was on my Apple IIgs (1 or 2…
    comment by trimbo · 2011-10-30 · in Ubuntu should zig to Apple’s zag
  13. you're probably better off not installing all of x-code when all you want is GCC. Try this instead: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer
    comment by semanticart · 2011-09-28 · in Modern Ruby Development
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    GCC Installer for OSX without Xcode
    story by DanielRibeiro · 2011-09-06 · 0 comments
  15. There's always Kenneth Reitz' GCC-without-XCode installer[1]. [1] https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer
    comment by beaumartinez · 2011-08-09 · in 2011 Rubyist’s guide to a Mac OS X development environment
  16. There's a standalone installer for gcc: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer
    comment by jarin · 2011-08-09 · in Coders choosing Mac OS over Linux environment
  17. > https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer That looks very good, especially for my disk space constrained 128GB 11" Air. I don't need XCode on it, but I do need gcc and friends if I want to build things with homebrew for…
    comment by elithrar · 2011-08-08 · in Poll: How do you use XCode?
  18. https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer
    comment by techiferous · 2011-08-08 · in Poll: How do you use XCode?
  19. …the osx-gcc-installer he mentions? I'm really curious how well it works in comparison to Xcode. https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer
    comment by oasisbob · 2011-07-31 · in Quick Python/Developer tips for OSX Lion
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    Installers for GCC on OSX Without all of XCode
    story by kenneth_reitz · 2011-07-30 · 9 comments