Re: upgrade gcc (from 4.3.2 to 4.4)

[Brian Budge <brian.budge@gmail.com>]

Hi Asma -

This might be better to direct to a Mandriva list.  I know that there
are redhat distros with working gcc 4.4 rpms, so I don't see why
Mandriva wouldn't have it working too.

  Brian

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:12 AM, charfi asma <charfiasma@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Hello evrybody,
>
> I need to upgrade my gcc to gcc4.4. I use to compile my C++ file with gcc4.3.2 that comes with mandriva 2009 (I did not install it alone).
> I try upgrade using # apt-get install gcc
> the result is :
>
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> gcc is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded.
>
> although the used gcc is not the newest version:
>
> # rpm -qi gcc
> Name        : gcc                          Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 4.3.2                             Vendor: Mandriva
> Release     : 3.1mnb2                       Build Date: mar. 24 nov. 2009 19:15:09 CET
> Install Date: jeu. 17 déc. 2009 13:48:59 CET      Build Host: titan.mandriva.com
> Group       : Development/C                 Source RPM: gcc-4.3.2-3.1mnb2.src.rpm
> Size        : 12600797                         License: GPLv3+
> Packager    : Mandriva Linux Security Team <security@mandriva.com>
> URL         : http://gcc.gnu.org/
> .....
>
> I download the gcc-4.4.2-5mnb2.i586.rpm to install it but I can not: some packages are not satisfied: gcc-cc[==4.4.2_5mnb2] do not satisfy.
> This rpm is available for mandriva 2010.
>
> the question is, can I install gcc4.4 in my mandriva 2009 ?
> If yes, How can I upgrade gcc without performing all long instructions of gcc installation explained here http://gcc.gnu.org/install/index.html
> If I am obliged to reinstall gcc, which is better, installing it from svn sources or from mirrors (I have downloded both files) ?
>
> How can I find if GMP, MPFR or MPC are installed or not in my library search path? (which command to use )
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Asma
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