gc: The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector#
Description#
The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector.
License#
Permissive BSD + GPL 2.0+
Upstream Contact#
Webpage: http://www.hboehm.info/gc/
Email List: bdwgc@lists.opendylan.org
Special Update/Build Instructions#
None.
Patches#
cygwin64.patch: let libgc build on Cygwin64.
Type#
standard
Dependencies#
Version Information#
package-version.txt:
8.0.4
Equivalent System Packages#
arch:
$ sudo pacman -S gc
conda:
$ conda install bdw-gc
cygwin:
$ apt-cyg install libgc-devel
Debian/Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt-get install libgc-dev
Fedora/Redhat/CentOS:
$ sudo yum install gc gc-devel
freebsd:
$ sudo pkg install devel/boehm-gc devel/boehm-gc-threaded
gentoo:
$ sudo emerge dev-libs/boehm-gc
homebrew:
$ brew install bdw-gc
macports: install the following packages: boehmgc
opensuse:
$ sudo zypper install "pkgconfig(bdw-gc)"
slackware:
$ sudo slackpkg install gc
void:
$ 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.