xPack GCC v14.2.0-1 released
Version 14.2.0-1 is a new release; it follows the official GNU GCC release.
The xPack GCC is a standalone cross-platform binary distribution of GCC.
There are separate binaries for Windows (x64), macOS (x64 and arm64) and GNU/Linux (x64, arm64 and arm).
The main targets for the GNU/Linux Arm binaries are the Raspberry Pi class devices (armv7l and aarch64; armv6 is not supported).
Recent macOS SDK (Xcode/CLT 16) introduced an incompatibility in the standard C header files and compilation ends with errors like:
.../include-fixed/stdio.h:80:14: error: expected ';' before 'extern'
The error is also encountered when running tests with GitHub Actions,
since the macos
runners were already upgraded to CLT 16.
Download
The binary files can be downloaded automatically with xpm or manually from GitHub Releases.
Prerequisites
- x64 Windows: Windows 7 with the Universal C Runtime (UCRT), Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
- x64 macOS: 10.13 or later
- arm64 macOS: 11.6 or later
- x64 GNU/Linux: any system with GLIBC 2.27 or higher (like Ubuntu 18 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 or later, Fedora 29 or later, etc)
- arm64/arm GNU/Linux: any system with GLIBC 2.27 or higher (like Raspberry Pi OS, Ubuntu 18 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 or later, Fedora 29 or later, etc)
Install
The easiest way to install this specific version, is by using xpm:
xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/gcc@14.2.0-1.1 -verbose
Comprehensive instructions for installing xPack GCC on different platforms can be found in the Install Guide.
Compliance
The xPack GCC uses the official sources, with no functional changes:
- GCC 14.2.0
- binutils 2.42
- mingw-w64 12.0.0
- gdb 14.2
Supported languages
The supported languages are:
- C
- C++
- Obj-C
- Obj-C++
- Fortran
Note: Obj-C/C++ support is minimalistic.
Starting with 12.2.0-2, support for 32-bit multilib was added on Intel
Linux; it can be enabled via the -m32
compile option.
Changes
Compared to the upstream, there are no functional changes.
Bug fixes
- none
Enhancements
- none
Known problems
Please see the separate tests results page.
Documentation
The original GNU GCC documentation is available online.
Build
The binaries for all supported platforms (Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux) were built using the xPack Build Box (XBB), a set of build environments based on slightly older distributions, that should be compatible with most recent systems.
For the prerequisites and more details on the build procedure, please see the Maintainer Info page.
CI tests
Before publishing, a set of simple tests were performed on an exhaustive set of platforms. The results are available from:
Tests
The binaries were tested on a variety of platforms, but mainly to check the integrity of the build, not the compiler functionality.
Checksums
The SHA-256 hashes for the files are:
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Deprecation notices
GNU/Linux minimum requirements
The minimum requirement is GLIBC 2.27, available starting with Ubuntu 18, Debian 10 and RedHat 8. Support for RedHat 7 was dropped in 2022.
32-bit support
Support for 32-bit x86 GNU/Linux and x86 Windows was dropped in 2022.
Pre-deprecation notice for 32-bit Arm GNU/Linux
Due to the large user base of 32-bit Raspberry Pi systems, support for 32-bit Arm GNU/Linux (armv7l) will be preserved for a little while, but expect it to be dropped by 2025, so it is recommended to consider an upgrade to a RPi 4 or 5 with at least 4 GB (preferably 8 GB) of RAM.
Pre-deprecation notice for Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver reached the end of the standard five-year maintenance window for Long-Term Support (LTS) release on 31 May 2023.
As a courtesy, the xPack GNU/Linux releases will continue to be based on Ubuntu 18.04 for another year.
From 2025 onwards, the GNU/Linux binaries will be built on Debian 10, (GLIBC 2.28), and are also expected to run on RedHat 8.
Users are urged to update their build and test infrastructure to ensure a smooth transition to the next xPack releases.
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