macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gcc@15local Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gcc15MacPorts ports tree · lang/gcc15/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install gcc@15 with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, zypper, apk, apt, Nix, scoop
GNU compiler collection. Version 15.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install gcc15Fedora Rawhide package metadata · gcc15 · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gcc15Arch Linux sync databases · gcc15 · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install cpp15openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · cpp15 · source: download.opensuse.org
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add g++Alpine Linux edge package indexes · g++ · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gccDebian stable package indexes · gcc · source: deb.debian.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#gccnixpkgs package indexes · gcc · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/gccScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/gcc.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
GNU compiler collection
Project links
Commands and aliases
- x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-c++-15
- x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++-15
- x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-15
- x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-ar-15
- x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-nm-15
- x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib-15
- x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gfortran-15
- x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gm2-15
history
Project history and usage
GCC 15 is a versioned Homebrew package for the GCC 15 release series of the GNU Compiler Collection. It provides the GNU Project compiler suite under major-version-suffixed command names so it can coexist with other GCC lines and platform compilers.
GCC itself is one of the central free-software toolchains: the official project describes it as the GNU Compiler Collection, with front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, Go, D, Modula-2, COBOL, Rust, and Algol 68, plus runtime libraries such as libstdc++.
Project history
GCC began as the GNU C Compiler. The GCC project history records the first beta release on March 22, 1987, by Richard Stallman, originally for the GNU operating system and initially centered on C.
During the 1990s, GCC grew beyond C into a multi-language compiler suite. The official GCC 2.95 page notes that the name changed from GNU C Compiler to GNU Compiler Collection because the compiler supported several languages beyond C.
A major governance and development milestone was the EGCS fork in 1997, created to merge active GCC development work from several communities. GCC and EGCS were reunified in April 1999, and GCC 2.95 was the first release after that reunification.
Adoption history
GCC became widely adopted because it was both the GNU system compiler and an openly developed, portable optimizing compiler. The current mission statement emphasizes support for many platforms, many architectures, open mailing lists, and participation by individuals and companies.
The GCC 15 package represents package-manager demand for a stable major compiler series rather than only the newest compiler. Official release branches and tags make these major lines easy for distributors and users to pin, audit, and rebuild.
How it is used
As packaged here, GCC 15 exposes version-suffixed compiler tools such as gcc-15, g++-15, cpp-15, gcov-15, and gfortran-15, depending on the platform package. This lets users select the intended compiler line explicitly in build scripts.
Official GCC installation documentation covers downloading sources, configuring, building, testing, and final installation, while the online manuals document compiler invocation, language front ends, runtime libraries, and toolchain options.
The GCC 15 change notes add package-visible changes such as incremental LTO support, multiple simultaneous diagnostic outputs, expanded OpenMP offload features, and an ISO COBOL compiler front end.
Why package nerds care
Versioned GCC packages matter because compilers are infrastructure, not leaf applications. A build may need a particular major GCC for language support, libstdc++ behavior, Fortran ABI expectations, sanitizer behavior, or target support, while another project on the same machine needs a different line.
The official Git repository page documents release branches and release tags, which is exactly the provenance package maintainers need when mapping formula names such as gcc@12 or gcc@15 to upstream source history.
Timeline
- 1987: First GCC beta release as the GNU C Compiler
- 1997: EGCS fork announced as an experimental GCC development project
- 1999: GCC and EGCS reunified; GCC 2.95 released after reunification
- 2025: GCC 15.1 released on April 25
- 2026: GCC 15.3 released on June 12
Related projects
- EGCS is the historically important GCC fork that was later reunified with GCC.
- Related components within the GCC distribution include libstdc++, GFortran, GOMP/libgomp, GCC Go, GDC, GM2, and newer front ends documented on the official GCC site.
- GCC is part of the wider GNU toolchain ecosystem and is commonly used with source-control, build, and generated-file tooling such as Git, Autoconf, Bison, Automake, Xgettext, and Gperf, all mentioned in GCC source-tree documentation.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for gcc@15. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- Homebrew declares a post-install hook for this formula.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
- Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-c++-15 | cli | global executable | |
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++-15 | cli | global executable | |
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-15 | cli | global executable | |
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-ar-15 | cli | global executable | |
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-nm-15 | cli | global executable | |
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib-15 | cli | global executable | |
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gfortran-15 | cli | global executable | |
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gm2-15 | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version15.3.0
manager updated2026-06-27
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://gcc.gnu.org/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gcc@15 |
|---|---|
| Version | 15.3.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gcc@15 |
| Homepage | https://gcc.gnu.org/ |
| Repository | https://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git |
| Upstream docs | https://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-3.1 |
| Source archive | https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-15.3.0/gcc-15.3.0.tar.xz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-27T22:14:17Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | gmp, isl, libmpc, mpfr, zstd |
| Build dependencies | make |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sequoia, sonoma, tahoe, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gcc@15 |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
MacPorts94%
gcc15
sudo port install gcc15- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
dnf92%
gcc15 15.2.1-7.fc45
Various compatibility compilers (C, C++, Fortran, ...)
sudo dnf install gcc15- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-3.1) AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Texinfo-exception) AND (LGPL-2.1-or-later WITH
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 15 dependencies
- 2 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
dnf92%
gcc15-c++ 15.2.1-7.fc45
C++ support for GCC 15 compatibility compiler
sudo dnf install gcc15-c++- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-3.1) AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Texinfo-exception) AND (LGPL-2.1-or-later WITH
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 11 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
dnf92%
gcc15-gfortran 15.2.1-7.fc45
Fortran support for GCC 15 compatibility compiler
sudo dnf install gcc15-gfortran- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-3.1) AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Texinfo-exception) AND (LGPL-2.1-or-later WITH
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 14 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
pacman92%
gcc15 15.2.1+r934+gbcd3e3ff5aa7-1
The GNU Compiler Collection - C and C++ frontends (15.x.x)
sudo pacman -S gcc15- License: GPL-3.0-with-GCC-exception AND GFDL-1.3-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- 5 dependencies
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
cpp15 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
The GCC Preprocessor
sudo zypper install cpp15- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 9 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
gcc15 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
The GNU C Compiler and Support Files
sudo zypper install gcc15- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 24 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
gcc15-32bit 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
The GNU C Compiler 32bit support
sudo zypper install gcc15-32bit- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 14 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
gcc15-PIE 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
A default configuration to build all binaries in PIE mode
sudo zypper install gcc15-PIE- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
gcc15-ada 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
GNU Ada Compiler Based on GCC (GNAT)
sudo zypper install gcc15-ada- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 11 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
gcc15-ada-32bit 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
GNU Ada Compiler Based on GCC (GNAT)
sudo zypper install gcc15-ada-32bit- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 3 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
gcc15-c++ 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
The GNU C++ Compiler
sudo zypper install gcc15-c++- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 11 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
gcc15-c++-32bit 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
The GNU C++ Compiler
sudo zypper install gcc15-c++-32bit- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/C and C++
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 3 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
gcc15-cobol 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
GNU GCC COBOL Compiler
sudo zypper install gcc15-cobol- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 15 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
gcc15-d 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
GNU D Compiler
sudo zypper install gcc15-d- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 13 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
zypper92%
gcc15-d-32bit 15.2.1+git11263-1.1
GNU D Compiler
sudo zypper install gcc15-d-32bit- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Development/Languages/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gcc15
- 8 dependencies
- 1 provides
- package manager index match
- Matched by: Gcc15
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