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I'm running OSX, and I don't have root, or an existing compiler. Is there any way I can install gcc?

  1. Are there official or trusted unofficial mach-o binaries that can be downloaded for a certain version of OS X?

  2. If so, can said binaries be installed to ~/bin and work properly?

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Why not compile the version you need? – Karlson Jan 22 at 21:46
@Karlson because I don't have a compiler, it's in the question :P – tkbx Jan 22 at 22:09
Do you have access to a different machine? If you are really desperate you could compile on a different one and move the result over. Even cross compilation from a different unix might be possible, but i'd recommend rebuilding the toolchain afterwards. There are certainly free gccs to be had on the internet for the latest OSXs (for example hpc.sourceforge.net/index.php) but if i recall correctly those have hard coded /usr/local paths and worse, you still don't have binutils and I don't believe there is a source other than the xcode bundle. – Max Jan 23 at 1:32
@Max I have access to Linux. Is there a way to build a binary for mach-o on Linux? – tkbx Jan 23 at 2:04
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There are a handful of crosscompiling guides out there. devs.openttd.org/~truebrain/compile-farm/apple-darwin9.txt This looks somewhat promising, albeit painful. If there is any way to get your admin to just install xcode for you, I'd recommend that. This will not be easy. – Max Jan 23 at 2:41
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You may try something like Gentoo Prefix for Mac OS X, which allows you to bootstrap a Gentoo environment under your home directory (or anywhere else you may want it where you have read/write/execute permissions).

From the description:

Gentoo Prefix runs unprivileged, meaning no root user or rights are required to use it.

Just a note though - I have never personally gotten this to work (it failed a few times and I lost patience). However, I do know it is actively maintained and bug reports are usually replied to very quickly. The IRC channel is also quite helpful.

Good luck!

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Unfortunately for this use case, bootstrapping Gentoo Prefix requires that the host already have a compiler installed. – Jonathan Callen Jan 23 at 19:58
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You can download the gcc precompiled binaries from here: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer

They come as a pkg, you can follow the instructions here: "How can I open a .pkg file manually?" to install the pkg as an unprivileged user.

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