# Install gcl with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix GNU Common Lisp. Version 2.7.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gcl ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gcl ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install gcl ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/gcl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gcl ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gcl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install gcl ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gcl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gcl ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: gcl from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gcl - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.7.1 - **Source summary:** GNU Common Lisp - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** LGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND LOOP - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:42+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gcl (cli) - gcl (alias) ## Dependencies - gmp - libtirpc ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.7.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** gcl - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Requirements:** linux - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - gcl - 2.6.14-19: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gcl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GNU Common Lisp compiler | http://gnu.org/software/gcl - Debian apt - gcl-doc - 2.6.14-19: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gcl-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation for GNU Common Lisp | http://gnu.org/software/gcl - Nix - gcl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: gcl from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - gcl - 2.6.14-8build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gcl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GNU Common Lisp compiler | http://gnu.org/software/gcl - Ubuntu apt - gcl-doc - 2.6.14-8build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gcl-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation for GNU Common Lisp | http://gnu.org/software/gcl - dnf - gcl - 2.7.1-9.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gcl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | GNU Common Lisp | https://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/ - dnf - gcl-emacs - 2.7.1-9.fc45: normalized package name match | 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 | Emacs mode for interacting with GCL | https://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/ - MacPorts - gcl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/gcl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [clisp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clisp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, common-lisp, compiler, gnu, language-runtime. - [abcl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abcl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, common-lisp, compiler, language-runtime. - [ecl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ecl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, common-lisp, compiler, language-runtime, lisp. - [clozure-cl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clozure-cl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, common-lisp, compiler, language-runtime. - [roswell](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/roswell/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, common-lisp, language-runtime, lisp. - [sbcl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sbcl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, common-lisp, compiler, language-runtime. - [kawa](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kawa/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, gnu, language-runtime, lisp. - [fennel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fennel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compiler, language-runtime, lisp. - [mit-scheme](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mit-scheme/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, gnu, language, language-runtime. - [gforth](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gforth/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, compiler, gnu, language, language-runtime. - [gnu-smalltalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnu-smalltalk/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, gmp, gnu, language, language-runtime. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gcl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gcl.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph