Contents of GCC Last checked against version &gcc-contversion;. Program Files c++, c++filt, cc (link to gcc), cc1, cc1plus, collect2, cpp, cpp0, g++, gcc, gccbug, gcov, i686-pc-linux-gnu-c++, i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++, i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc, tradcpp0 Descriptions cc, cc1, cc1plus, gcc These are the C compiler. A compiler translates source code in text format to a format that a computer understands. After a source code file is compiled into an object file, a linker will create an executable file from one or more of these compiler generated object files. c++, cc1plus, g++ These are the C++ compiler; the equivalent of cc and gcc etc. c++filt c++filt is used to demangle C++ symbols. collect2 collect2 assists with the compilation of constructors. cpp, cpp0 cpp pre-processes a source file, such as including the contents of header files into the source file. It's a good idea to not do this manually to save a lot of time. Someone just inserts a line like #include <filename>. The preprocessor inserts the contents of that file into the source file. That's one of the things a preprocessor does. gccbug gccbug is a shell script which is used to simplify the creation of bug reports. gcov gcov analyzes programs to help create more efficient, faster running code through optimization. i686-pc-linux-gnu-c++, i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++, i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc No description is currently available. tradcpp0 No description is currently available. Library Files libgcc.a, libgcc_eh.a, libgcc_s.so, libiberty.a, libstdc++.[a,so], libsupc++.a libgcc, libgcc_eh, libgcc_s Run-time support files for gcc. libiberty libiberty is a collection of subroutines used by various GNU programs including getopt, obstack, strerror, strtol and strtoul. libstdc++ libstdc++ is the C++ library. It is used by C++ programs and contains functions that are frequently used in C++ programs. This way the programmer doesn't have to write certain functions (such as writing a string of text to the screen) from scratch every time he creates a program. libsupc++ libsup++ provides support for the c++ programming language. Among other things, libsup++ contains routines for exception handling.