# Issue configuring PETSc during FF installation on Mac

**URL:** <https://community.freefem.org/t/issue-configuring-petsc-during-ff-installation-on-mac/889>\
**Category:** FreeFEM installation\
**Created:** [April 4, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/issue-configuring-petsc-during-ff-installation-on-mac/889 "2021-04-04T02:04:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/issue-configuring-petsc-during-ff-installation-on-mac/889/16 "2021-04-26T18:42:43Z")

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There is a workaround there: [Compiltion errors on Centos 7](https://community.freefem.org/t/compiltion-errors-on-centos-7/872), but you GCC compiler is very old, so you’ll likely run into other issues.

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