Re: where to install gcc?

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs ces clemson edu>]

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Hunter Scales wrote:

> I need to upgrade the compiler to gcc 3.0.4.  I have found the tarball.
>  Where should I install it?  Redhat has it in /usr but GNU defaults to
> /usr/local/.  If I run config with --prefix /usr will it put it in
> /usr/gcc-lib?  Will it install over the current version?  I would like
> to keep both.  Thanks.

If you are going to install from a tarball and you want it to coexist with
the version shipped with RHL, install in /usr/local.  I've done that, and
it works just fine.  You'll need to adjust your path and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
appropriately.

Someone at Red Hat had gcc 3.1 RPMs that were designed to coexist
peacefully with the shipped gcc, but I can't recall who it was.  Also,
there were gcc3.0.4 RPMs available for RHL 7.2.  Those are probably still
available at ftp.redhat.com.

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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