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distcc — Distributed C/C++/ObjC compilation client that works with `distccd`. More information: <https://mann

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Problem

How to use the distcc command: Distributed C/C++/ObjC compilation client that works with distccd. More information: <https://manned.org/distcc>.

Solution

distcc — Distributed C/C++/ObjC compilation client that works with distccd. More information: <https://manned.org/distcc>.

Compile a source file using a compiler like gcc:

distcc {{gcc}} -c {{path/to/source.c}} -o {{path/to/output.o}}

Set remote hosts to distribute compilation:

export DISTCC_HOSTS="localhost {{ip1 ip2 ...}}"

Compile a project with make using distcc:

make {{[-j|--jobs]}} {{parallel_jobs}} CC="distcc {{gcc}}"

Show the list of current distcc hosts:

distcc --show-hosts

Display help:

distcc --help

Display version:

distcc --version

Code Snippets

Compile a source file using a compiler like `gcc`

distcc {{gcc}} -c {{path/to/source.c}} -o {{path/to/output.o}}

Set remote hosts to distribute compilation

export DISTCC_HOSTS="localhost {{ip1 ip2 ...}}"

Compile a project with `make` using `distcc`

make {{[-j|--jobs]}} {{parallel_jobs}} CC="distcc {{gcc}}"

Show the list of current `distcc` hosts

distcc --show-hosts

Display help

distcc --help

Context

tldr-pages: common/distcc

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