The GNU toolchain is a broad collection of

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s produced by the

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. These tools form a

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(a suite of tools used in a serial manner) used for developing software

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and

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s. The GNU toolchain plays a vital role in development of

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, some

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systems, and software for

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s. Parts of the GNU toolchain are also directly used with or ported to other platforms such as

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(via

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and MinGW/MSYS/WSL2), Sony PlayStation Portable (used by PSP modding scene) and Sony PlayStation 3.

Components

Projects in the GNU toolchain are: * * * * * * * GNU * GNU

References

External links

GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection

Prebuilt Win32 GNU Toolchains for various embedded platforms
Programming tools

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Components

See also

References

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