.. _spkg_gc:

gc: The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector
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Description
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The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector.

License
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-  Permissive BSD + GPL 2.0+


Upstream Contact
----------------

Webpage: http://www.hboehm.info/gc/

Email List: bdwgc@lists.opendylan.org

Dependencies
------------

None.


Special Update/Build Instructions
---------------------------------

None.

Patches
~~~~~~~

-  cygwin64.patch: let libgc build on Cygwin64.

Type
----

standard


Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    8.0.4


Equivalent System Packages
--------------------------

arch:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo pacman -S  gc

conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install bdw-gc

cygwin:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ apt-cyg install libgc-devel

Debian/Ubuntu:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo apt-get install  libgc-dev

Fedora/Redhat/CentOS:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo yum install  gc gc-devel

freebsd:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo pkg install devel/boehm-gc devel/boehm-gc-threaded

gentoo:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo emerge dev-libs/boehm-gc

homebrew:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ brew install bdw-gc

macports:
install the following packages: boehmgc
opensuse:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo zypper install "pkgconfig(bdw-gc)"

slackware:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo slackpkg install gc

void:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo xbps-install  gc-devel

See https://repology.org/project/boehm-gc/versions

If the system package is installed, ./configure will check whether it can be used.

