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4.2. Distributed Compiling

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 also supports distributed compiling. This involves transforming one compile job into many smaller jobs; these jobs are distributed over a cluster of machines, which speeds up build time (particularly for programs with large codebases). The distcc package provides this capability.
To set up distributed compiling, install the following packages:
For more information about distributed compiling, refer to the man pages for distcc and distccd. The following link also provides detailed information about the development of distcc:
http://code.google.com/p/distcc