Can't use GCC in OS X Terminal

I have installed the developer tools. I can compile code via Xcode and according to the docs /usr/bin/gcc & /usr/bin/cc should point to /usr/bin/gcc-4.0. Neither the开发者_如何学C symlinks or gcc-4.0 exist on my system (Snow Leopard). All I wish to do is compile some C on the terminal! I'm amazed by how complicated this task is. The command GCC is unsurprisingly returning "gcc: command not found".

Can anyone shed some light on this?

No! Reinstalling is the wrong answer!

Newer versions of XCode require you to install the command-line versions of the tools separately. In XCode, go to Preferences | Downloads, check the Components tab, and install them from there:

These binaries should be there after installing xcode. Check your path settings, and if you still don't have these reinstall xcode

Command line tools are no longer included with the latest XCode (even as an add on). Now you can download them here:

https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action

Did you install the latest Xcode after installing Snow Leopard, or is this the version of Xcode from a previous OS installation?

On my system with a clean Snow Leopard install the default compiler (and the one symlinked from cc and gcc) is gcc-4.2

I do have gcc-4.0 too, although it's not the default.