Adekoya Adekunle
2015-Feb-23 00:22 UTC
[CentOS] install latest gcc/g++ dev tools on centos
Guys, How can I install the latest version of gcc/g++ development tools on my centos ? I have version 4.1.* on the machine. Can I do above from yum ? I would be glad to read your responses to my questions Br Kunle
yum install gcc yum install gcc-c++ ? 2015?02?23? 08:22, Adekoya Adekunle ??:> Guys, > > How can I install the latest version of gcc/g++ development tools on my > centos ? > > I have version 4.1.* on the machine. > > Can I do above from yum ? > > I would be glad to read your responses to my questions > > Br > > Kunle > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
On 2/22/2015 4:22 PM, Adekoya Adekunle wrote:> How can I install the latest version of gcc/g++ development tools on my > centos ? > I have version 4.1.* on the machine.centos 6 cames with gcc 4.4.7, centos 7 uses 4.8.2. yum update should get you the latest supported release. what version of centos do you have? gcc 4.1 is fairly old (2006-2007) if you need newer versions of gcc and support than your version of CentOS supports, the only way to get them woujld be to build your own in to run in an alternate directory, such as /usr/local/gcc49, rather than replace the standard versions, otherwise you'll likely break things that depend on the standard version for your OS.. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast
On 3/3/2015 4:13 PM, John R Pierce wrote:> On 2/22/2015 4:22 PM, Adekoya Adekunle wrote: >> How can I install the latest version of gcc/g++ development tools on my >> centos ? >> I have version 4.1.* on the machine. > > centos 6 cames with gcc 4.4.7, centos 7 uses 4.8.2. yum update > should get you the latest supported release. > > what version of centos do you have? gcc 4.1 is fairly old (2006-2007) > > if you need newer versions of gcc and support than your version of > CentOS supports, the only way to get them woujld be to build your own > in to run in an alternate directory, such as /usr/local/gcc49, rather > than replace the standard versions, otherwise you'll likely break > things that depend on the standard version for your OS..ok, gcc 4.1.2 was bundled with CentOS 5 (I forgot I had one centos 5 legacy test/dev system left alive)... you can yum install gcc44 gcc44-c++ to get 4.4.7, is that new enough? note this installs the compiler as /usr/bin/gcc44 and g++44 so you'll need to update any of your build scripts to specify gcc44 and/or g++44 to use this newer version. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Adekoya Adekunle <adekunleadekoya at gmail.com> wrote:> Guys, > > How can I install the latest version of gcc/g++ development tools on my > centos ? >The devtoolset is also available and it provides newer versions of gcc than what is available with the base OS. It seems that the "best" source for these packages for use with CentOS is at: http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/devtoolset/