# Gold linker

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The Gold linker is a newer and reportedly faster linker than the standard GNU ld linker. It is included in the binutils package.

To use the GOLD linker, simply

    export LD=ld.gold

Alternatively, if your $PATH has /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin, you can do

    ln -s /usr/bin/ld.gold /usr/local/bin/ld

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