# PackageCompiler error

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-error/24570>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [May 24, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-error/24570 "2019-05-24T13:25:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maxim\_Chase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maxim_chase/32/8550_2.png) [@Maxim\_Chase](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Maxim_Chase)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-error/24570/1 "2019-05-24T13:25:22Z")

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Hi guys! I’m a newbie in Julia, and I have a question. While building PackageCompiler I received this error Error building `PackageCompiler` LoadError: Package candidate for gcc not found. Any suggestions? What I actually did is add(“ApplicationBuilder”) and then while installation I received this error.

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**Author:** ![zgornel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/zgornel/32/217487_2.png) [@zgornel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/zgornel)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-error/24570/2 "2019-05-24T14:20:42Z")

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Perhaps you do not have [gcc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Compiler_Collection) installed. On Linux/\*NIX machines should be pretty straightforward to install using the distribution package manager. On Windows, there are distributions such as [MinGW](http://mingw.org/), [Cygwin](https://www.cygwin.com/) etc.

More info here: [Installing GCC: Binaries - GNU Project](https://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html)

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**Author:** ![Maxim\_Chase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maxim_chase/32/8550_2.png) [@Maxim\_Chase](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Maxim_Chase)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/packagecompiler-error/24570/3 "2019-05-24T14:35:02Z")

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Thanks for the answer, but I have installed MinGW, it works fine (compile c/c++ files without any problem). Everything is added to the Path.