# Install sdcc with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget

ANSI C compiler for Intel 8051, Maxim 80DS390, and Zilog Z80. Version 4.6.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install sdcc.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sdcc
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sdcc
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sdcc
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/sdcc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sdcc
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: sdcc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install sdcc
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sdcc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sdcc
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sd/sdcc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S sdcc
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: sdcc from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install sdcc
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sdcc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/sdcc
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sdcc.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id SDCC.SDCC -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: SDCC.SDCC from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sdcc
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.6.0
- **Source summary:** ANSI C compiler for Intel 8051, Maxim 80DS390, and Zilog Z80
- **Homepage:** <https://sdcc.sourceforge.net/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T15:19:02Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- as2gbmap (alias)
- makebin (alias)
- packihx (alias)
- s51 (alias)
- sdar (alias)
- sdas390 (alias)
- sdas6500 (alias)
- sdas6808 (alias)
- sdas8051 (alias)
- sdasf8 (alias)
- sdasgb (alias)
- sdaspdk13 (alias)
- sdaspdk14 (alias)
- sdaspdk15 (alias)
- sdasrab (alias)
- sdasstm8 (alias)
- sdastlcs90 (alias)
- sdasz80 (alias)
- sdcc (alias)
- sdcdb (alias)
- sdcpp (alias)
- sdld (alias)
- sdld6808 (alias)
- sdldf8 (alias)
- sdldgb (alias)
- sdldpdk (alias)
- sdldstm8 (alias)
- sdldz80 (alias)
- sdnm (alias)
- sdobjcopy (alias)
- sdranlib (alias)
- ucsim_51 (alias)
- ucsim_f8 (alias)
- ucsim_i8051 (alias)
- ucsim_m6800 (alias)
- ucsim_m68hc08 (alias)
- ucsim_mos6502 (alias)
- ucsim_pdk (alias)
- ucsim_rxk (alias)
- ucsim_stm8 (alias)
- ucsim_tlcs (alias)
- ucsim_xa (alias)
- ucsim_z80 (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.6.0

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - sdcc - 4.5.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sdcc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Small Device C Compiler | http://sdcc.sourceforge.net
- Debian apt - sdcc-doc - 4.5.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sdcc-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Small Device C Compiler (documentation) | http://sdcc.sourceforge.net
- Debian apt - sdcc-libraries - 4.5.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sdcc-libraries from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Small Device C Compiler (libraries) | http://sdcc.sourceforge.net
- Debian apt - sdcc-ucsim - 4.5.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sdcc-ucsim from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Micro-controller simulator for SDCC | http://sdcc.sourceforge.net
- Nix - sdcc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sd/sdcc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - sdcc - 4.2.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sdcc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Small Device C Compiler | http://sdcc.sourceforge.net
- Ubuntu apt - sdcc-doc - 4.2.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sdcc-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Small Device C Compiler (documentation) | http://sdcc.sourceforge.net
- Ubuntu apt - sdcc-libraries - 4.2.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sdcc-libraries from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Small Device C Compiler (libraries) | http://sdcc.sourceforge.net
- Ubuntu apt - sdcc-ucsim - 4.2.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sdcc-ucsim from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Micro-controller simulator for SDCC | http://sdcc.sourceforge.net
- dnf - sdcc - 4.5.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sdcc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Small Device C Compiler | http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/
- dnf - sdcc-libc-sources - 4.5.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: sdcc-libc-sources from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Small Device C Compiler | http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/
- pacman - sdcc - 4.6.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: sdcc from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Retargettable ANSI C compiler | https://sdcc.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - sdcc - 4.5.0-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sdcc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Small Device C Compiler | https://sdcc.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - sdcc-doc - 4.5.0-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sdcc-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for the SDCC C compiler | https://sdcc.sourceforge.net/
- zypper - sdcc-libc-sources - 4.5.0-2.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: sdcc-libc-sources from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Small Device C Compiler | https://sdcc.sourceforge.net/
- MacPorts - sdcc: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/sdcc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sdcc.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/sdcc.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph