From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15771 invoked by alias); 21 Jun 2004 09:03:12 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 15758 invoked from network); 21 Jun 2004 09:03:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.ukfsn.org) (217.158.120.143) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 21 Jun 2004 09:03:11 -0000 Received: from localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61C2CE6D3B; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:02:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18978-07; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:02:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (dsl-80-42-157-123.access.uk.tiscali.com [80.42.157.123]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F855E6D3F; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:02:28 +0100 (BST) Received: by localhost with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BcKQw-00013Z-00; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:45:42 +0100 To: "Shawn Morford" Cc: Subject: Re: Fresh install of GCC? References: <004101c45737$cbe7cb40$1100a8c0@morford.jp> From: Brian Gough Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:03:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: "Shawn Morford"'s message of "Sun, 20 Jun 2004 21:30:59 -0500" Message-ID: <87zn6x8fk9.fsf@network-theory.co.uk> X-SW-Source: 2004-06/txt/msg00214.txt.bz2 "Shawn Morford" writes: > So now I'm asking the folks who know more about this stuff than I do. > Personally, I would prefer to do something along the line of my plan B: > install GCC/MAKE without any conflicting with previous versions. I've seen > mention of "cross compilers" on a few sites i found Googling, but I have no > idea what those are or what to do with them. What's the best way to get the > latest GCC on a system with no development tools? And, looking ahead, once I > have this set up, what's the best way to upgrade my compiler without > screwing up existing software? Thanks in advance for any help. To have multiple versions installed, use the --prefix option to ./configure to specify another directory (e.g. /opt/gcc-3.4.0) for the new gcc installation. -- Brian Gough Network Theory Ltd, Publishing Free Software Manuals --- http://www.network-theory.co.uk/