gc: The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector#

Description#

The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector.

License#

Upstream Contact#

  • Ivan Maidanski

Webpage: - https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/ - https://www.hboehm.info/gc/

Special Update/Build Instructions#

None.

Type#

standard

Dependencies#

Version Information#

package-version.txt:

8.2.4

Equivalent System Packages#

alpine:

$ apk add gc-dev

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 if it can be used.