5.1 XC-DSC Language Tools Installation

To install the XC-DSC language tools:

• Go to the MPLAB® XC Compilers webpage and click on “View XC-DSC Compiler Downloads.”
• Select the MPLAB XC-DSC C/C++ Compiler for your operating system and download for free.

The 32-bit DSC dsPIC33A language tools will be installed, by default, in the directory:

• Windows OS - C:/Program Files/Microchip/xc-dsc/vx.xx.xx
• Mac OS - /Applications/microchip/xc-dsc/vx.xx.xx
• Linux OS - /opt/microchip/xc-dsc/vx.xx.xx

where vx.xx.xx is the version number.

The executables for each tool will be in the bin subdirectory:

• C Compiler - xc-dsc-gcc.exe
• C++ Compiler - xc-dsc-g++.exe
• Assembler - xc-dsc-as.exe
• Object Linker - xc-dsc-ld.exe
• Object Archiver/Librarian - xc-dsc-ar.exe
• Other Utilities - xc-dsc-utility.exe

Device support information, including C header files and generic assembler include files, now may be found Device Family Packs (DFPs.) For details, see section 2.2 Device Support via Device Family Packs (DFPs).