gcc upgrade

**heartsmagic** · 10-03-2003

i want to upgrade gcc and i got the source code.
What should i do to upgrade it cleanly?
Should i uninstall previous gcc verison? and cleanly how?
i dont want to use rpm or src.rpm

i use RedHat 7.3

thx

**heartsmagic** · 10-09-2003

i dont like repeating my questions but anyone knows the answer?

**caffeine** · 10-16-2003

If you uninstall gcc, how will you compile gcc? :-S

You can cause all sorts of problems, especially if you're upgrading from 2.X to 3.X as they aren't binary compatible. Be prepared for lots of breakages.

**unix** · 10-17-2003

It is no problem to have a new GCC while holding the old one.You can install it with different prefix like /usr/local/gcc-3.2.After that ,all you have to do is to make some symbol links and add sth to your $PATH.

You should read the Install guide shipes with GCC tarball carefully .

**heartsmagic** · 10-20-2003

Hmm ok. I ll try all of them. Thx.

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