Build and Install GCC from Scratch

README.md

Usage

The Docker image contains the OS and dependencies to produce a standalone copy of GCC, written to the current working directory.

Quick Install

$ curl -sL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mottosso/73acaa883cd0442176e646b084117e1e/raw/shell.sh | bash -
$ gcc --version
# gcc (GCC) 4.8.3
# Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
# warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Manual Install

$ git clone https://gist.github.com/73acaa883cd0442176e646b084117e1e.git build-gcc
$ cd build-gcc
$ docker build -t mottosso/scientific:6.6 .
$ docker run -ti --rm -v $(pwd):/home/root mottosso/scientific:6.6 bash build.sh
$ export PATH=$(pwd)/gcc-4.8.3/bin
$ gcc --version
# gcc (GCC) 4.8.3
# Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
# warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

build.sh

# GCC build script for Scientific Linux 6.6

GCC_VERSION="4.8.3"
WORKDIR="/tmp"
INSTALLDIR="$(pwd)/gcc-${GCC_VERSION}"

# Get the source code
cd $WORKDIR && \
  wget http://www.netgull.com/gcc/releases/gcc-${GCC_VERSION}/gcc-${GCC_VERSION}.tar.bz2 && \
  tar -xf gcc-${GCC_VERSION}.tar.bz2|| exit 1

# Download prerequisites
cd $WORKDIR/gcc-${GCC_VERSION} && \
  ./contrib/download_prerequisites || exit 1

# Build
# Flags derived from Rez
# https://github.com/nerdvegas/rez/blob/42c7c391483742062a828c7c6583c867b45c5d3e/repository/gcc/4.8.2/build.sh#L62
  mkdir -p $WORKDIR/build && \
  cd $WORKDIR/build && \
  ../gcc-${GCC_VERSION}/configure \
  --prefix=${INSTALLDIR} \
  --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc \
  --with-pic \
  --disable-shared \
  --enable-static \
  --enable-threads=posix \
  --enable-__cxa_atexit \
  --enable-clocale=gnu \
  --with-libelf=/usr/include \
  --disable-multilib \
  --disable-bootstrap \
  --disable-install-libiberty \
  --with-system-zlib  && \
  make || exit 1
  
echo "Installing.."
mkdir -p $INSTALLDIR && \
  make install || exit 1

echo "Finished successfully"

Dockerfile

FROM ringo/scientific:6.6
 
MAINTAINER marcus@abstractfactory.io

# Prerequisities
RUN yum install -y \
  wget \
  zlib-devel && \
  yum groupinstall -y \
    "Development Tools" \
    "Development Libraries"

WORKDIR /home/root

environment.sh

gcc=$(pwd)/gcc-4.8.3

export PATH=$gcc/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$gcc/lib64

shell.sh

# Install via curl
#
# Usage:
#   $ curl -sL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mottosso/73acaa883cd0442176e646b084117e1e/raw/shell.sh | bash -
#

git clone https://gist.github.com/73acaa883cd0442176e646b084117e1e.git build-gcc && \
  cd build-gcc && \
  docker build -t mottosso/scientific:6.6 . && \
  docker run -ti --rm -v $(pwd):/home/root mottosso/scientific:6.6 bash build.sh && \
  export PATH=$(pwd)/gcc-4.8.3/bin:$PATH || exit 1