I'm not sure how exactly the packages relate, but I needed to install the gcc package to resolve some sort of load error. Given that gcc didn't produce any results, I ran a quick

Copy$ conda search gcc

Which yielded, among other things, gcc_linux-64. After

Copy$ conda install gcc_linux-64

My issue went away, despite the fact that which gcc still pointed to the system install 🤷‍♂️

Answer from dsfbmmg on Stack Overflow
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Anaconda.org
anaconda.org › conda-forge › gcc
gcc - conda-forge | Anaconda.org
Install gcc with Anaconda.org. GNU C native compiler (symlinks)
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Install python with Anaconda.org. General purpose programming language
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Matplotlib
Install matplotlib with Anaconda.org. Publication quality figures in Python
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conda-forge
conda-forge.org › blog › 2025 › 11 › 21 › gcc-macos
gcc, g++ builds on macos | conda-forge | community-driven packaging for conda
November 21, 2025 - On macOS, conda-forge has provided clang, clangxx as the sole compiler for C and C++ sources. We have also provided gfortran to compile FORTRAN sources. Unlike other package managers like homebrew we have not provided gcc nor g++ on macos. The reason to not provide those have been to avoid incompatibility with the clang based toolchain and also the maintenance burden.
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GitHub
github.com › conda-forge › m2w64-gcc-feedstock
GitHub - conda-forge/m2w64-gcc-feedstock: A conda-smithy repository for m2w64-gcc. · GitHub
conda-forge - the place where the feedstock and smithy live and work to produce the finished article (built conda distributions) If you would like to improve the m2w64-gcc recipe or build a new package version, please fork this repository and submit a PR. Upon submission, your changes will be run on the appropriate platforms to give the reviewer an opportunity to confirm that the changes result in a successful build.
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Prefix.dev
prefix.dev › channels › conda-forge › packages › gcc
gcc - conda-forge
conda-forge · / gcc · conda-forge · public · 33.3k Packages · A community led collection of recipes, build infrastructure and distributions for the conda package manager. A community led collection of recipes, build infrastructure and ...
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Atlassian
harvardmed.atlassian.net › wiki › spaces › O2 › pages › 2557575188
GCC within Conda - HMS IT RC O2 - Confluence
Firstly, the packages to conda install are actually gcc_linux-64 and gxx_linux-64. You will (probably) need both packages. You can specify versions if you’d like, such as gcc_linux-64=9; make sure that if you do so, you specify the same version for both.
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Conda
docs.conda.io › projects › conda-build › en › stable › resources › compiler-tools.html
Anaconda compiler tools — conda-build 0.0.0.dev0+placeholder documentation
The compiler packages can be installed with conda. Because they are designed with (pseudo) cross-compiling in mind, all of the executables in a compiler package are "prefixed." Instead of gcc, the executable name of the compiler you use will be something like x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu-gcc.
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Anaconda.org
anaconda.org › conda-forge › gcc_linux-64 › files
gcc_linux-64 - conda-forge
conda-forge/gcc_linux-64 · Community · GNU C Compiler (activation scripts) Copied fromcf-post-staging / gcc_linux-64 · Overview · Files 608 · Labels 4 · Badges · 1 2 3 4 5 ... 25 · items per page ·
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Anaconda.org
anaconda.org › conda-forge › libgcc
libgcc - conda-forge | Anaconda.org
Install libgcc with Anaconda.org. The GCC low-level runtime library
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Anaconda.org
anaconda.org › conda-forge › gcc › files
gcc - conda-forge
Install gcc with Anaconda.org. GNU C native compiler (symlinks)
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Anaconda.org
anaconda.org › conda-forge › m2w64-gcc
m2w64-gcc - conda-forge | Anaconda.org
Backwards compatibility metapackage for GCC for m2w64 target · Last Updated · Oct 25, 2025 at 18:30 · License · BSD-3-Clause · Total Downloads · 294.6K · Version Downloads · 574 · Supported Platforms · win-64 · Home https://github.com/conda-forge/m2w64-gcc-feedstock
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Super User
superuser.com › questions › 1422256 › conda-gcc-g-did-not-replace-system-linux-gcc
environment variables - Conda gcc/g++ did not replace system (linux) gcc - Super User
April 6, 2019 - You don't have to build from source, you just need to make sure the right GCC is detected on your PATH first. See: unix.stackexchange.com/a/3820 ... What I'm surprised is: isn't this what anaconda should do when I run 'conda activate'? I thought that changed (while active) the path variables to the ones in conda, and I do have the anaconda version of gcc already installed.
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Anaconda.org
anaconda.org › anaconda › gcc_linux-64
gcc_linux-64 - anaconda
View packages from the anaconda channel on Anaconda.org.
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Conda
conda.org › frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions | conda.org
However, you can also obtain non-Python packages from other channels apart from conda-forge. For example, you can specify a different channel using the -c flag: ... For example, to install a non-Python package like gcc for C/C++ programming language, from the conda-forge channel, you can run:
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GitHub
github.com › conda-forge › compilers-feedstock › issues › 47
How to specify the gcc version when using this package? · Issue #47 · conda-forge/compilers-feedstock
May 23, 2022 - Comment: Say we want to restrict the gcc version to 7.3, how do we specify that when installing this package? can we do something like: conda install cxx-compiler gcc=7.3 -c conda-forge
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H-chen
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Conda
- conda install https://anaconda.org/brown-data-science/gcc/5.4.0/download/linux-64/gcc-5.4.0-0.tar.bz2
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FEniCS Project
fenicsproject.discourse.group › installation
Changing to different C-/C++-Compiler for the conda installation - installation - FEniCS Project
June 22, 2025 - I’m working on Linux (openSUSE Leap 15.6) and have installed fenicsx via conda as described on Download | FEniCS Project, but compiling the linear forms with ffcx/jit uses the default gcc-Compiler (Version 7.5.0) instead of the more recent gcc-14 compiler on my computer.
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conda-forge
conda-forge.org › news › 2020 › 10 › 08 › compiler-upgrade-to-gcc-930
Compiler Upgrade to GCC 9.3.0 | conda-forge | community-driven packaging for conda
October 8, 2020 - We will be upgrading all GCC-based compilers to version 9.3.0 on all platforms. This upgrade will not affect C or C++ code, but will require a rebuild of all feedstocks that use FORTRAN due to a change in the SONAME. During this rebuild, we will keep the old compiler versions in production, temporarily doubling the build matrix.
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Conda
docs.conda.io › projects › conda-build › en › 3.21.x › resources › compiler-tools.html
Anaconda compiler tools — conda-build 3.21.7+0.gb98d7ec0.dirty documentation
The compiler packages can be installed with conda. Because they are designed with (pseudo) cross-compiling in mind, all of the executables in a compiler package are "prefixed." Instead of gcc, the executable name of the compiler you use will be something like x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu-gcc.