tldr/pages/common/distcc.md

distcc

Distributed C/C++/ObjC compilation client that works with distccd. More information: https://manned.org/distcc.

• Compile a source file using a compiler like gcc:

distcc {{gcc}} -c {{path/to/source.c}} -o {{path/to/output.o}}

• Set remote hosts to distribute compilation:

export DISTCC_HOSTS="localhost {{ip1 ip2 ...}}"

• Compile a project with make using distcc:

make {{[-j|--jobs]}} {{parallel_jobs}} CC="distcc {{gcc}}"

• Show the list of current distcc hosts:

distcc --show-hosts

• Display help:

distcc --help

• Display version:

distcc --version