Install Gfortran 8.0 on Linux/Mac/Windows
Gfortran 8.0 Fortran 2018 features includes excellent coarray support.
The caveat to using newer versions of Gfortran is that you may need to also compile other libraries you link with that Fortran compiler,
such as HDF5.
You can trivially switch between Gfortran compiler versions (or any other program versions) with
update-alternatives
.
Install
Linux
If you’re having errors getting any version of gfortran
installed, try:
apt-add-repository universe
GCC/Gfortran 8 is available from the Ubuntu-test PPA:
- add Ubuntu-test PPA
add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test apt update
- install the most recent Gfortran (similarly for
gcc-8
,g++-8
)apt install gfortran-8
- Switch between compiler versions with
update-alternatives
.
A popular alternative is Linuxbrew, which is a fork of Mac homebrew.
Mac
Install the latest gcc
, g++
and gfortran
on Mac OS via homebrew:
brew install gcc
Windows
Install the latest gcc
, g++
and
gfortran
on Windows
Notes
Ubuntu 16.04/14.04 can only install up to GCC/Gfortran 7 at this time.
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