• GFortranDistros

Although we do provide binaries for most common operating systems (Windows, MacOS, Linux), the easiest way to give gfortran a try might be to install a gfortran package provided by your OS vendor.

Debian

GFortran is included in Debian (since Etch) in the gfortran package. Lenny contains 4.3, Old stable (squeeze) contains GCC 4.4; stable (wheezy) and testing (jessie) GCC 4.7. Depending on the Debian version, also the packages gfortran-4.1 to gfortran-4.8 are available.

Ubuntu

GFortran is inclued in Ubuntu (since Drapper) in the gfortran package. The long-term-support (LTS) version "Lucid" has GCC 4.4; Maverick has 4.4, Natty 4.5, Oneiric and Precise Pangolin (LTS) have 4.6. Quantal Quetzal and Raring Ringtail have 4.7. While Saucy will have 4.8.

Additionally, minor updates and new testing versions are available (installation hints).

Fedora

Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS

RHEL/CentOS 5.x come with GCC 4.1; newer 5.x ship also GCC 4.3 or GCC 4.4 as technical preview. RHEL/CentOS 6 has GCC 4.4. RHEL/CentOS 7 has GCC 4.8. The Red Hat Developer Toolset allows to install newer GCC versions in parallel.

Mandriva

Contains gfortran in the gcc-gfortran package.

(open)SUSE

The gfortran package on openSUSE is called gcc-fortran. Builds of various GCC versions (often including the experimental ones) for various openSUSE/SLE distributions can also be found on the openSUSE build service.