gcc Getting started with gcc Determine gcc version
Example
When referring to gcc's documentation, you should know which version of gcc you are running. The GCC project has a manual for each version of gcc which includes features that are implemented in that version. Use the '-v' option to determine the version of gcc you are running.
gcc -v
Example Output:
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/5.3.1/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-redhat-linux
Configured with: ../configure --enable-bootstrap --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran,ada,go,lto --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --enable-multilib --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-linker-build-id --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --enable-plugin --enable-initfini-array --disable-libgcj --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=gcc4-compatible --with-isl --enable-libmpx --enable-gnu-indirect-function --with-tune=generic --with-arch_32=i686 --build=x86_64-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 5.3.1 20160406 (Red Hat 5.3.1-6) (GCC)
In this example we see that we are running gcc version 5.3.1. You would then know to refer to the GCC 5.3 manual. It is also helpful to include your gcc version when asking questions in case you have a version specific problem.
