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muttley91
muttley91

Reputation: 12674

Set up g++ on OS X

I just updated to OS X Mavericks and it seems it messed up my whole compiler setup. Not only do I have to reinstall a JDK in order to use a Java compiler, I get the following error when I'm trying to compile C/C++ using GCC/G++:

/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/4.7.2/gcc/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin12.2.1/4.7.2/../../../../include/c++/4.7.2/cwchar:46:19: fatal error: wchar.h: No such file or directory

Not sure what to think other than upgrading messed it up. My question is: how do I set up g++ to compile on OS X? If it's already set up, what is the problem here?

If I can provide more information, please let me know.

Note: I've installed gcc 4.7 using homebrew, but it doesn't seem to work. When I use g++-4.7 code.cpp specifically, I get the same error.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4805

Answers (1)

Marius
Marius

Reputation: 961

Installing the Command Line Tools (OS X Mavericks) for Xcode - Late October 2013 solved it for me. Here is the link:

OSX: Xcode Downloads

The often mentioned xcode-select --install command kept saying it cannot find the requested software.

To clarify: You need to already have gcc-4.7 installed using Homebrew. The update to the latest version of CMD Tools only fixes compatibility issues caused by upgrading from Mountain Lion to Mavericks.

Upvotes: 5

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