Supported Compilers

This is list of officially supported ​compilers:

Compiler	Vendor	Notes
​GCC	GNU	Including GCC from ​Cygwin
​Microsoft Visual C++	Microsoft	All versions >= 6.0 from editions
​MIPSpro	SGI
SUNpro	Sun

Tested Environments

Please, add your environment if it's not listed below yet and you've built GDAL with it successfully.

Operating System	Architecture	Compiler version	Notes
GNU/Linux	i386 (32-bit)	GCC 2.95.4
GNU/Linux	32-bit	GCC 4.1.2
GNU/Linux	i386 (32-bit)	Sun C/C++ 5.9
GNU/Linux	i386 (32-bit)	Intel C/C++ 9.1	without -ipo optimization
GNU/Linux	64-bit	GCC 4.0.2
GNU/Linux	64-bit	GCC 4.1.2
GNU/Linux	PPC-32bit	GCC 4.1.1
Mac OS X 10.4.9	PPC-32bit	GCC 4.0.1
Mac OS X 10.4.9	Intel-32bit	GCC 4.0.1
Microsoft Windows	32-bit	Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Microsoft Windows	32-bit	Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 (7.1)
Microsoft Windows	32-bit	Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 (7.1)
Microsoft Windows	32-bit	Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows	32-bit	Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) Express Edition
Microsoft Windows	64-bit	Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows	32-bit	gcc 3.4.2 mingw-special, binutils 2.17
...	...	...	...

Note, the list may actually include compilers listed below as unsupported, but it does not change a compiler support status.

Unsupported Compilers

This is list of officially not supported compilers:

Compiler	Vendor	Notes
GCC from ​MinGW	GNU	It has been done, but some fiddling required
​Borland C++ Builder	​CodeGear (Borland)
​Turbo C++	Borland
​Open Watcom C/C++	Sybase