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I'm a relatively new Mac user and never used MacPorts. When I search brew I get these results:

$ brew search gcc

apple-gcc42 gcc

homebrew/versions/gcc45 homebrew/versions/llvm-gcc28

I'm a bit confused since I thought that these are gcc. Can someone tell me what those results mean? :S

This is the way to go:

    $ brew tap homebrew/dupes
    $ brew install gcc --enable-all-languages

To use your new gcc-4.7.2 when installing new packages just add '--use-gcc' at the end of the command.

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