Can not brew install gcc48 on Mac

Question

Who have already successfully used homebrew to install the latest GCC 4.8.1 on Mac OS X(10.8.4)? I am always stuck when it runs to "make bootstrap".

$brew install gcc48
==> Downloading ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-4.8.1/gcc-4.8.1.tar.bz2
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/gcc48-4.8.1.tar.bz2
==> ../configure --build=x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.1 --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/gc
==> make bootstrap

score 70 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '13 at 12:32

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I've just done precisely this install. Be patient – that step does take a long time and is very CPU intensive. On my (admittedly old) Macbook Pro it took over 30 minutes to complete. I suggest you try running it again and just leaving it until it's done.

answered Aug 30 '13 at 12:32

Caspar

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Yeah, thanks. /usr/local/Cellar/gcc49/4.9-20131229: 1020 files, 145M, built in 22.1 minutes – Atcold Jan 16 '14 at 16:08
On a 2010 13" MBA: /usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2: 1028 files, 142M, built in 78.4 minutes – Sebastian Ärleryd Apr 19 '14 at 23:08
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/4.9.1: 1152 files, 203M, built in 26.5 minutes – FJDU Nov 05 '14 at 01:35
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Does *brew* build everything from source? – Droppy Jan 26 '15 at 07:58
today /usr/local/Cellar/gcc/5.2.0: 1353 files, 248M, built in 93.9 minutes – Paradizigmania Oct 14 '15 at 01:07
Cheers to that: /usr/local/Cellar/gcc49/4.9.3: 1138 files, 165M, built in 74.4 minutes on a 2012 MBP – Kevin King Nov 13 '15 at 19:33
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/5.2.0: 1353 files, 248M, built in 133.0 minutes – phenmod Nov 24 '15 at 06:32
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/5.2.0: 1285 files, 215M, built in 37.6 minutes on Macbook Pro Retina A1502. – srodriguex Mar 24 '16 at 21:54
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/5.3.0: 1,390 files, 254.9M, built in 81 minutes 11 seconds Even though I have 16 GB RAM and SSD T.T – mariowise May 23 '16 at 15:30
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/5.3.0: 1,390 files, 254.9M, built in 77 minutes 49 seconds. 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB, HDD – suzanshakya May 28 '16 at 20:56
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/5.3.0: 1,361 files, 261.7M, built in 110 minutes 28 seconds 3.2GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB. – user2909913 May 31 '16 at 10:19
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/6.1.0: 1,435 files, 282.4M, built in 55 minutes 53 seconds -- Late 2013 MBP Retina – rbrtl Jun 26 '16 at 18:34
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/6.2.0: 1,445 files, 288.9M, built in 105 minutes 49 seconds -- MBP 15 - Mid 2010 i5 2.4GHz (with multi lib) – Aks Dec 22 '16 at 11:09
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/5.2.0: 1353 files, 241M, built in 57.9 minutes – bart Aug 22 '17 at 13:41

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '14 at 17:16

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I managed to install it but the process has been slow, about 70 minutes:

/ usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2: 1028 files, 142M, built in 73.8 minutes

Is this normal?

answered Feb 15 '14 at 17:16

jmartos89

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I've been waiting five hours at the "make bootstrap" step. – ooXei1sh Mar 14 '14 at 19:05
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I've been waiting for 20 days to complete the build. – C-- Nov 04 '15 at 09:45
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i started a year ago and am still waiting :D – rémy Nov 28 '15 at 18:14
it took me 104 minutes to install GCC on MacBook Air 2013: /usr/local/Cellar/gcc6/6.2.0: 1,435 files, 275.2M, built in 104 minutes 9 seconds – JavaRunner Nov 21 '16 at 23:25

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '14 at 20:54

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Just to give more evidence of the long build time,

/usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2: 1028 files, 142M, built in 36.6 minutes

answered Apr 03 '14 at 20:54

Tyler Pfaff

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 28 '14 at 13:54

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I found this page searching google, and while I know compiling can take a long time, gcc48 on a Core2Duo 2010 Macbook Air really drags it out: /usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2: 1028 files, 142M, built in 79.5 minutes

just hang in there!

answered Apr 28 '14 at 13:54

Jakob Ryden

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Can not brew install gcc48 on Mac

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