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Install gcl with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

GNU Common Lisp. Version 2.7.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gcl

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gcl

MacPorts ports tree · lang/gcl/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

GNU Common Lisp

Commands and aliases

  • gcl

history

Project history and usage

GNU Common Lisp, usually packaged as GCL, is the GNU Project's Common Lisp implementation. Savannah describes it as a Common Lisp system compliant with CLtL1, with native-code compilation routed through the host C compiler.

Project history

The current GNU hosting record places GCL inside the GNU Project and records the Savannah project registration on 9 December 2001. Its project description emphasizes portability and performance from compiling Lisp through the system C compiler, and notes Tcl/Tk GUI support.

Adoption history

GCL is a mature GNU language implementation rather than a new tooling package. In package-manager terms, its value is mostly continuity: it remains a named Common Lisp implementation available to Unix-like package collections for users who need the GNU-hosted compiler.

How it is used

Users run GCL as a Common Lisp compiler and interactive environment. The package is most relevant where CLtL1 compatibility, GNU provenance, and native-code generation through a local C compiler are more important than tracking the newest Common Lisp implementation fashions.

Why package nerds care

GCL matters to package-history readers because it is a GNU Common Lisp with an older standards target and an implementation strategy that makes the host C compiler part of the portability story. That makes it useful context beside SBCL, CLISP, ECL, and other Lisp packages.

Timeline

  • 2001: Savannah records the GNU Common Lisp project registration.
  • 2026: Savannah lists the project as part of GNU, licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, and in mature development status.

Related projects

  • GNU Project: umbrella project for GCL.
  • Common Lisp implementations such as SBCL, CLISP, and ECL occupy adjacent package-manager space.
  • Tcl/Tk is noted by Savannah as the GUI toolkit currently used by GCL.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 2 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 runtime 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

CommandKindExposureNote
gclcliglobal 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 version2.7.1
manager updated2026-06-25
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gcl
Version2.7.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gcl
Homepagehttps://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/
Repositoryhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gcl.git
Upstream docshttps://www.gnu.org/software/gcl
LicenseLGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND LOOP
Source archivehttps://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gcl/gcl-2.7.1.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-25T13:37:42+02:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesgmp, libtirpc
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegcl
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Requirements
  • linux
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

gcl 2.6.14-19

GNU Common Lisp compiler

http://gnu.org/software/gcl

sudo apt install gcl
  • Section: lisp
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 14 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gcl
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gcl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

gcl-doc 2.6.14-19

Documentation for GNU Common Lisp

http://gnu.org/software/gcl

sudo apt install gcl-doc
  • Section: doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gcl
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gcl
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: gcl-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

gcl

nix profile install nixpkgs#gcl
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gcl
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: gcl from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
Ubuntu apt95%

gcl 2.6.14-8build1

GNU Common Lisp compiler

http://gnu.org/software/gcl

sudo apt install gcl
  • Section: universe/interpreters
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 13 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gcl
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gcl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

gcl-doc 2.6.14-8build1

Documentation for GNU Common Lisp

http://gnu.org/software/gcl

sudo apt install gcl-doc
  • Section: universe/doc
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: gcl
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gcl
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gcl-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

gcl 2.7.1-9.fc45

GNU Common Lisp

https://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/

sudo dnf install gcl
  • License: LGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND MIT-Modern-Variant AND LOOP
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: gcl
  • 14 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gcl
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gcl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

gcl-emacs 2.7.1-9.fc45

Emacs mode for interacting with GCL

https://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/

sudo dnf install gcl-emacs
  • License: GPL-1.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: gcl
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gcl
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gcl-emacs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

gcl

sudo port install gcl
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Gcl
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: lang/gcl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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source trail

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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment