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sidebar_label: Environment variables
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# Environment Variables

## DCR_COMPILER

Overrides the compiler for all languages. **Highest priority.**

```bash
export DCR_COMPILER=clang
dcr build
```

Compiler resolution priority:

1. `DCR_COMPILER` (env)
2. `DCR_CC` / `DCR_CXX` / `DCR_AS` (env)
3. `[toolchain]` (dcr.toml)
4. `build.compiler` (dcr.toml)
5. `PATH`

## DCR_CC / DCR_CXX / DCR_AS

Per-language override (lower priority than `DCR_COMPILER`, higher than `[toolchain]`).

```bash
export DCR_CC=gcc-14
export DCR_CXX=g++-14
export DCR_AS=arm-linux-gnueabihf-as
```

## DCR_LD / DCR_AR

Override linker and archiver.

```bash
export DCR_LD=ld.lld
export DCR_AR=llvm-ar
```

## DCR_DEBUG

Enables debug mode — prints all compilation commands to stderr before execution.

```bash
export DCR_DEBUG=1
dcr build
```

## DCR_INDEX_PATH

Overrides the path to the registry `index.json`.

```bash
export DCR_INDEX_PATH=/custom/path/index.json
```

Default: `~/.dcr/index.json`.