How do I check my gcc C++ compiler version for my Eclipse?

Question

I'm using Eclipse release version 3.7.0, but I can't find the gcc anywhere. How and where can I see the version of gcc I'm currently using?

score 121 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 05 '13 at 00:49

121

Just type

gcc --version

in any terminal near you.. ;-)

answered Dec 05 '13 at 00:49

fuesika

thanks for your ans. so the gcc comes with the OS itself and not the Eclipse program? as in the gcc version will depends on the OS version? – user1157977 Dec 05 '13 at 01:05
Yes, Eclipse is just a glorified editor. The compiler is the command-line driven `gcc` (or it could be the `clang` command); there probably is a way to configure Eclipse to tell it which compiler should it use (or to tell it to use the `make` builder to compile programs). You can have installed several versions of `gcc` ... – Basile Starynkevitch Dec 05 '13 at 05:35

serghei · Answer 2 · 2020-07-30T02:02:04.853

29

gcc -dumpversion

-dumpversion Print the compiler version (for example, 3.0) — and don't do anything else.

The same works for following compilers/aliases:

cc -dumpversion
g++ -dumpversion
clang -dumpversion
tcc -dumpversion

Be careful with automate parsing the GCC output:

Output of --version might be localized (e.g. to Russian, Chinese, etc.)
GCC might be built with option --with-gcc-major-version-only. And some distros (e.g. Fedora) are already using that
GCC might be built with option --with-pkgversion. And --version output will contain something like Android (5220042 based on r346389c) clang version 8.0.7 (it's real version string)

edited Jul 30 '20 at 02:02

answered Apr 05 '17 at 12:21

serghei

1

Thank you. It's what exactly I need. I need to get version of gcc at my script, so don't wanna parse output of `gcc --version` which contains bunch of information. – anton_rh Apr 23 '17 at 18:16
2

Thanks. And `-dumpfullversion` is useful for me. – Kai Apr 09 '20 at 05:59

score 15 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 19 '16 at 17:19

15

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

  printf("gcc version: %d.%d.%d\n",__GNUC__,__GNUC_MINOR__,__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__);
  return 0;
}

answered Nov 19 '16 at 17:19

Wahid

this answers the question **How and where can I see the version of gcc I'm currently using?** simply running this code we can find the **gcc version** – Wahid Nov 21 '16 at 15:49
1

Yes, currently. Not the version it was compiled with. – Xorifelse Nov 21 '16 at 16:47
3

I know this doesn't answer the question but I was looking for this, so thanks :) – Jespertheend Dec 17 '16 at 18:33

score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 01 '14 at 17:31

9

The answer is:

gcc --version

Rather than searching on forums, for any possible option you can always type:

gcc --help

haha! :)

answered Dec 01 '14 at 17:31

Amitesh Ranjan

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 23 '15 at 17:33

3

you can also use gcc -v command that works like gcc --version and if you would like to now where gcc is you can use whereis gcc command

I hope it'll be usefull

answered Jul 23 '15 at 17:33

moshtagh

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