A standalone cross-platform (Windows/macOS/Linux) GNU RISC-V Embedded GCC binary distribution, intended for reproducible builds.
In addition to the the binary archives and the package meta data, this project also includes the build scripts.
This project replaces the deprecated
xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-embed-gcc-xpack
project, which followed the SiFive releases; upgrade your projects to get further updates.
This open source project is hosted on GitHub as
xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc-xpack
and provides the platform specific binaries for the
xPack GNU RISC-V Embedded GCC.
The binaries can be installed automatically as binary xPacks or manually as portable archives.
This distribution plans to follow the official GNU release schedule. To save some time, the initial X.1 release will be skipped. Updates for previous releases, like (X-1).3, (X-2).4, (X-3).5, are also planned.
This section is intended as a shortcut for those who plan to use the GNU RISC-V Embedded GCC binaries. For full details please read the xPack GNU RISC-V Embedded GCC pages.
The easiest way to install GNU RISC-V Embedded GCC is using the binary xPack, available as
@xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc
from the npmjs.com
registry.
A recent xpm, which is a portable Node.js command line application that complements npm with several extra features specific to C/C++ projects.
It is recommended to install/update to the latest version with:
npm install --location=global xpm@latest
For details please follow the instructions in the xPack install page.
With the xpm
tool available, installing
the latest version of the package and adding it as
a development dependency for a project is quite easy:
cd my-project
xpm init # Add a package.json if not already present
xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc@latest --verbose
ls -l xpacks/.bin
This command will:
- install the latest available version, into the central xPacks store, if not already there
- add symbolic links to the central store
(or
.cmd
forwarders on Windows) into the localxpacks/.bin
folder.
The central xPacks store is a platform dependent
location in the home folder;
check the output of the xpm
command for the actual
folder used on your platform.
This location is configurable via the environment variable
XPACKS_STORE_FOLDER
; for more details please check the
xpm folders page.
For xPacks aware tools, like the Eclipse Embedded C/C++ plug-ins, it is also possible to install GNU RISC-V Embedded GCC globally, in the user home folder:
xpm install --global @xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc@latest --verbose
Eclipse will automatically
identify binaries installed with
xpm
and provide a convenient method to manage paths.
After install, the package should create a structure like this (only the first two depth levels are shown):
$ tree -L 2 /Users/ilg/Library/xPacks/\@xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc/13.2.0-1/.content/
/Users/ilg/Library/xPacks/\@xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc/13.2.0-1/.content/
├── README.md
├── bin
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-addr2line
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-ar
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-as
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-c++
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-c++filt
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-cpp
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-elfedit
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-g++
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gcc
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gcc-13.2.0
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gcc-ar
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gcc-nm
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gcc-ranlib
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gcov
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gcov-dump
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gcov-tool
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gdb
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gdb-add-index
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gdb-add-index-py3
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gdb-py3
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gfortran
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-gprof
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-ld
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-ld.bfd
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-lto-dump
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-nm
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-objcopy
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-objdump
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-ranlib
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-readelf
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-size
│ ├── riscv-none-elf-strings
│ └── riscv-none-elf-strip
├── distro-info
│ ├── CHANGELOG.md
│ ├── licenses
│ ├── patches
│ └── scripts
├── include
│ └── gdb
├── lib
│ ├── bfd-plugins
│ ├── gcc
│ ├── libcc1.0.so
│ ├── libcc1.so -> libcc1.0.so
│ └── python3.10
├── libexec
│ ├── gcc
│ ├── libbz2.1.0.8.dylib
│ ├── libcrypt.2.dylib
│ ├── libcrypto.1.1.dylib
│ ├── libexpat.1.8.8.dylib
│ ├── libexpat.1.dylib -> libexpat.1.8.8.dylib
│ ├── libffi.8.dylib
│ ├── libgmp.10.dylib
│ ├── libiconv.2.dylib
│ ├── libisl.23.dylib
│ ├── liblzma.5.dylib
│ ├── libmpc.3.dylib
│ ├── libmpfr.6.dylib
│ ├── libncurses.6.dylib
│ ├── libpanel.6.dylib
│ ├── libpython3.10.dylib
│ ├── libreadline.8.1.dylib
│ ├── libreadline.8.dylib -> libreadline.8.1.dylib
│ ├── libsqlite3.0.dylib
│ ├── libssl.1.1.dylib
│ ├── libz.1.2.12.dylib
│ ├── libz.1.dylib -> libz.1.2.12.dylib
│ └── libzstd.1.5.2.dylib
├── riscv-none-elf
│ ├── bin
│ ├── include
│ ├── lib
│ └── share
└── share
└── gcc-13.2.0
20 directories, 59 files
No other files are installed in any system folders or other locations.
To remove the links created by xpm in the current project:
cd my-project
xpm uninstall @xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc
To completely remove the package from the central xPack store:
xpm uninstall --global @xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc
For all platforms, the xPack GNU RISC-V Embedded GCC binaries are released as portable archives that can be installed in any location.
The archives can be downloaded from the GitHub Releases page.
For more details please read the Install page.
The version strings used by the GCC project are three number strings
like 13.2.0
; to this string the xPack distribution adds a four number,
but since semver allows only three numbers, all additional ones can
be added only as pre-release strings, separated by a dash,
like 13.2.0-1
.
When published as a npm package, the version gets
a fifth number, like 13.2.0-1.2
.
Since adherence of third party packages to semver is not guaranteed,
it is recommended to use semver expressions like ^13.2.0
and ~13.2.0
with caution, and prefer exact matches, like 13.2.0-1.2
.
For maintainer info, please see the README-MAINTAINER.
The quick advice for getting support is to use the GitHub Discussions.
For more details please read the Support page.
Unless otherwise stated, the content is released under the terms of the MIT License, with all rights reserved to Liviu Ionescu.
The binary distributions include several open-source components; the
corresponding licenses are available in the installed
distro-info/licenses
folder.
- GitHub
xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc-xpack
repo- latest xPack release
- all xPack releases
- previous
riscv-none-elf-gcc
releases - individual file counters (grouped per release)
- latest xPack release
- npmjs.com
@xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc
xPack
Credit to Shields IO for the badges and to Somsubhra/github-release-stats for the individual file counters.