When running nvcc, it always uses the Visual C++ compiler (cl.exe). How can I make it use the GCC compiler?
Setting the CC environment-variable to gcc didn't fix it. I also couldn't find any option for this in the executeables help-output.
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Niklas R
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1I don't think it is supported. If you want to use different MSVC version you can use `--ccbin`. – Maciej Piechotka Aug 25 '12 at 06:06
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Oh really? I don't like the Visual C++ compiler.. >.> I thought it would be possible because NVCC uses GCC on Linux and Mac. Thanks. – Niklas R Aug 25 '12 at 09:04
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1isn't there '--compiler-bindir' option for nvcc ? you can also put this into nvcc.profile which should be located in cuda binaries dir – Aug 25 '12 at 18:40
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@NiklasR: It does. But IIRC it uses only MSVC on Windows. – Maciej Piechotka Aug 27 '12 at 18:09
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On Windows, NVCC only supports the Visual C++ compiler (cl.exe) for host compilation.
You can of course compile .cpp (non-CUDA) code using GCC and link the objects with objects generated by nvcc.
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What about Linux? Does it always use the default GCC version or is there a way to specify the host compiler/version? – Silicomancer May 29 '23 at 13:00
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