On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, pa3gcu wrote: > On Saturday 05 April 2003 09:35, Eng Se-Hsieng wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I am running gcc version 2.96 and need to install gcc version 3.2. > > > > After this installation, how may I specify in make bzImage which > > compiler version to use? > > /usr/bin/gcc is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/gcc-version. > I would imagen having multiple compilers is not such a handy thing to have. >
To avoid messing with /usr/bin/gcc (particularly if it is not currently a symbolic link) it is possible to build other versions of gcc with a prefix of /opt/gcc-whichever or /home/whoever passed to ./configure (actually, it will default to /usr/local, which might be adequate). Once you've built and installed it, you should be able to then alter $PATH so that the new version is found first. (This is from memory, I haven't done it for a few months.) Of course, self-built versions won't be known to your package management tools, and for most people, using multiple versions of gcc is probably not worth the trouble of remembering to check which one you are using. Ken -- Out of the darkness a voice spake unto me, saying "smile, things could be worse". So I smiled, and lo, things became worse. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
