Multiple gcc

[Jakub Jelinek]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 08:41:50AM -0400, Mauriat Miranda wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Jakub Jelinek<jakub at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 04:16:51PM -0500, Brian Truter wrote:
> >> Is it possible to install multiple gcc packages on Fedora?
> >>
> >> I am using gcc 4.4 from Fedora 11, but I would also like to install 4.3 from
> >> Fedora 10, and switch compiles when needed by setting env variables, or
> >> something similar. Is this possible, and if so, does anyone have any info?
> >
> > Just rpm2cpio the other gcc to a different directory.
> > mkdir ~/gcc-4.3 && cd ~/gcc-4.3
> > for i in *-4.3*.rpm; do rpm2cpio $i | cpio -pduv; done
> >
> > and then
> > ~/gcc-4.3/usr/bin/gcc
> > ~/gcc-4.3/usr/bin/g++
> > ~/gcc-4.4/usr/bin/gfortran
> > etc. should just work.
> >
> 
> Curious, would the '--prefix' flag for RPM help?

Likely, yes.

	Jakub