Multiple gcc

Giany giany007 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 18 03:49:03 UTC 2009


On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

Likely, no.

[root at localhost log]# rpm -qi gcc
Name        : gcc                          Relocations: (*not relocatable*)
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