.. _target-options:

Specifying Target Machine and Compiler Version
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.. index:: target options

.. index:: cross compiling

.. index:: specifying machine version

.. index:: specifying compiler version and target machine

.. index:: compiler version, specifying

.. index:: target machine, specifying

The usual way to run GCC is to run the executable called :command:`gcc`, or
:command:```machine``-gcc` when cross-compiling, or
:command:```machine``-gcc-``version``` to run a version other than the
one that was installed last.