compiler selection

[leone8]

Hi All
On our Red Hat Enterprise 4 machine we have two compilers installed. GCC version 3.4.6 which is installed as /usr/bin/gcc and /usr/bin/g++ and the newer GCC 4.1.0 which is installed as /usr/bin/gcc4 and /usr/bin/g++4.

As a total linux newbie I am attempting to build a program which requires the later compiler but the configure script always chooses the g++ compiler. Can anyone tell me how I go about specifying the later compiler and forcing the build to use gcc4?

Thanks

[kai12]

Hi,
don't know if you're still working on this issue, but...

Should you be running an autoconf "configure script" then you can
probably specify the compiler setting CC=/usr/bin/g++4 or similar.
(see Autoconf - Running configure Scripts)

cheers, kai