force gcc to compile in different version???
 

HI ALL....
i just installed KNOPPIX 3.3......and i'm trying to compile a project that i have.....but it has many errors and i found out that it uses the gcc version 3.3.3
i need to use gcc version 2.95.3
i downloaded version 2.95.3 but have no idea how to install it....

i later found out that KNOPPIX has 2.95 and 3.3 gcc installed...but 3.3 is the default........
can i force the comilper to compile with the 2.95 instead of the 3.3????

how would i type it under the kernal window?

like this???
%g++ -v 2.95 main.cc

please help...thanx

from the few minutes of reading the gcc man page, yeah you would use the Target option,
-V , lowercase -v is version of gcc, not a target option , replace the -v with -V .

i'm sorry...but i'm very very new at this.....so when you say target option, it means where the version is store right?

so....
%:gcc -V <target>

right???

if so ..... how would i find out where and which file do i point it to?
can you show me a example???

I usually never compile syuff by hand yet, cause I don't program in C.

Just compile like you would normally, using gcc -V 2.95

right?

'man gcc'


youre NEW at this? what are you doing compiling something ?

What?
Your trippin me out bro.

yeah...i normally compile everything in window with visual C++ .....but after it crash on me while i was working on a 500 line program.....(wich i didn't save)......i realized that microsoft suck ass.........

so i'm trying to convert myself to linux...but i never ever touched linux in my life.....so everything is really new to me..........(took me forever to figur out how to install it)........

gcc -V 2.95 helloworld.c

I guess.