I installed gcc from packages on OpenBSD 6.5
# pkg_add gcc-8.3.0
gcc related files are installed at /usr/local/lib/, but no gcc executable is found.
# gcc
-bash: gcc: command not found
(I'm aware that Clang is commonly used on OpenBSD, but I want to use gcc for a project)
The GNU C compiler executable is called egcc when it's installed from the gcc package. There should also be a gcc executable in /usr/bin (the gcc of the base system, at least on amd64).
$ type egcc gcc
egcc is /usr/local/bin/egcc
gcc is /usr/bin/gcc
$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.2.1 20070719
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
$ egcc --version
egcc (GCC) 8.3.0
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Note that gcc was removed from the OpenBSD base system on amd64 in late 2021 (OpenBSD 7.0).
bsd.rd kernel and do a system update with only the compiler set. Don't go deleting random files from the system. Also, the pkg_delete tool would never leave files behind, apart from modified configuration files.
comp65.tgz, extract the file with tar (e.g. tar xzf comp65.tgz /usr/bin/gcc), check the ownership (root:bin) and permissions (555) and move it to \usr\bin.
bsd.rd kernel (even if you update to the same release that you installed), you would not only guarantee that the base system was functional (with regards to permissions and libraries), but also that the correct release sets were used. Also note that OpenBSD generally use forward slashes in pathnames. It's unfortunate that my previous comment said to only update the comp set.
The gcc will be installed in /usr/local/bin and the name of executable is (your architecture)_(your cpu)......gcc-(version of gcc) if your system is x86_64 just type 'x8' on terminal andnhit tab key, it will show the full gcc executable name.
