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	x86-32	GCC 2.95.4
GNU/Linux	x86-32	GCC 4.1.2
GNU/Linux	x86-32	GCC 4.3.0	Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
GNU/Linux	x86-32	GCC 4.3.1	Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
GNU/Linux	x86-32	Sun C/C++ 5.9
GNU/Linux	x86-32	Intel C/C++ 9.1	without -ipo optimization
GNU/Linux	x86-64	GCC 3.4	Red Hat EL4
GNU/Linux	x86-64	GCC 4.0.2
GNU/Linux	x86-64	GCC 4.1.2|Red Hat 4, CentOS 5
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	x86-32bit	GCC 4.0.1
Microsoft Windows	x86-32	Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Microsoft Windows	x86-32	Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 (7.1)
Microsoft Windows	x86-32	Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 (7.1)
Microsoft Windows	x86-32	Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows	x86-32	Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) Express Edition
Microsoft Windows	x86-32	Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (9.0)
Microsoft Windows	x86-64	Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows	x86-64	Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (9.0)
Microsoft Windows	x86-64	Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 (10.0)	Beta2, compiler version 16.00.21003.01
Microsoft Windows	x86-32	GCC 3.4.2 mingw-special, binutils 2.17
Microsoft Windows	x86-64	GCC 3.4.4 cygming special, binutils 20060817-1
Solaris 9	SPARC	GCC 2.95.3	GDAL 1.3.0
Solaris 10	x86-64	GCC 3.4.5	GDAL 1.3.2
Solaris 10	x86-64	GCC 3.4.4	GDAL 1.2.6
Solaris 10	x86-64	GCC 3.4.5	GDAL 1.5.0 (svn)
...	...	...	...

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