g++ in mac osx 10.7

Question

Could it be possible that the g++ compiler was removed in mac os x 10.7? I didn't find anything when I search after it, but I was sure that I had it installed before 10.7.

Thanks

Answer 1

Yes, the update removes some installed components, among them Java and the OS X managed GCC installation. If you had Xcode installed before, it won’t be usable any longer.

You need to (re)install the current Xcode version from the App Store to use GCC.

Answer 2

It comes with the developer tools, so it should be on your system if you have xcode installed. On my machine with xcode 4.1 there is g++ installed.

Xcode 4.1 is available freely in the app store.

Answer 3

Have you installed Xcode? If not, you won't have it...

You may also have a problem with your $PATH environment variable.

g++ is located in /usr/bin/, on OS X 10.7.

Try this:

ls -al /usr/bin/g++

If you got it, then check your $PATH environment variable.

echo $PATH