GCC Compilers

[Gary Coulbourne]

Doug Crompton wrote:

>My question is how does one install a compiler? Having never done that
>except from a distribution disk do you get source and compile? With what
>compiler? or get binaries... I have not found any that seem suitable. It
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What I usually do is download it, untar it (tar xvjf filename), create a 
new directory, run the configure script from there... very similar to 
how anything else would be compiled.  (If you're not sure how to do 
that, then I could write something more detailed, answering now just 
before bed).  When you configure, give it a --prefix like 
/usr/local/gcc3, then "make bootstrap" followed by "make install".  
Then, you can add /usr/local/gcc3/bin to the front of your path whenever 
you need the old compiler.

Personally, when faced with similar situations, I've tried to patch the 
code to be happy with gcc4 -- usually with mixed results.  4 is VERY strict.

Peace,
Gary