# Brew install julia linker command failed

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/brew-install-julia-linker-command-failed/1843>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [February 2, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/brew-install-julia-linker-command-failed/1843 "2017-02-02T14:51:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/brew-install-julia-linker-command-failed/1843/3 "2017-02-02T15:14:33Z")

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snap \>\> I posted that in issue queue on homebrew-julia  
and  
Ive also issues on buidling against source

> [@Building julia on MacOS 10.12.2](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/building-julia-on-macos-10-12-2/1065/5):
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> Im running into the same issue of building from source what are the minimun versions of compilers and cmake required Ive tried using latest gcc 6.3 and gcc that come as default on the system for example export CC=/usr/bin/clang export CXX=/usr/bin/clang++ export CPP=/usr/bin/cpp export LD=/usr/bin/ld alias c++=/usr/bin/c++ alias g++=/usr/bin/g++ alias gcc=/usr/bin/clang alias cpp=/usr/bin/clang++ alias cc=/usr/bin/gcc alias ld=/usr/bin/ld I smylink gcc to usr/local/bin for the lat…

any other insights  
tks  
M

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