install older gcc using yum

ufmale · 05-13-2010, 11:25 PM

Is there a way to install older version of gcc using yum?
I do a yum search, but it shows only the latest 4.5 version.

alli_yas · 05-14-2010, 12:59 AM

Hi

Unfortunately by default yum will not allow you to install an older version of a package when a newer version is available.

However, there is a yum plugin that allows you to downgrade package versions - please see info here at the Fedora forum: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=200092

Note though that your yum repository needs to have older versions of the required package (in your case gcc) available - in order for the above to work.

Cheers
Yas

knudfl · 05-14-2010, 01:17 AM

Post # 2 .... @ alli_yas

Quote:

Unfortunately by default yum will not allow you to install
an older version of a package when a newer version is available.

Sorry, not valid for gcc + the compat gcc packages. You can easily
have two to five compilers installed on Fedora 11 at the same time.
You will know that from the previous answer to @ufmale :
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-gcc-804869/#2
..........................

And ufmale, have you still got Fedora 11 ?
yum install gcc-c++ compat-gcc-34-c++
.. will install versions 4.4.1 and 3.4.6 .
We are still waiting for you to answer,
if the gcc-3.4.6 worked for you. ? ? ? ?

For the other "compat", gcc-3.3.3 , gcc-4.1.3, etc. ,
you will have to download the packages from the links,
you already know.

'yum' can be used :
yum --nogpgcheck localinstall <package>

You may prefer 'rpm' chain install ..
rpm -Uvh <package> <package> <package> <package> <package>
..

alli_yas · 05-14-2010, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Sorry, not valid for gcc + the compat gcc packages. You can easily
have two to five compilers installed on Fedora 11 at the same time.

Thanks - 100% - did not read the OP's post properly - you are 100% correct - I have done this myself with gcc and compat - where Oracle for example requires a particular version of these libs; and other applications require a different version

Thanks for the correction

ufmale · 05-16-2010, 09:53 PM

Thank you for your posts. I was trying to find an easy way since i am not really familiar much with linux installation. However, I will try that out.

ufmale · 06-02-2010, 04:47 PM

I finally got around to spend time installing gcc4.1 on my Fedora 11 machine.

However, I got problem with rpmlib dependency. Searching for internet for that module, but could not find the right one.
Downloaded couple of them, but couldn't install. Yum couldn't find it either.

I have no clue now. Can someone suggest any solution please?

Code:

[root@localhost Download]# rpm -Uvh gcc41-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586.rpm gcc41-c++-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586.rpm cpp41-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586.rpm libstdc++41-devel-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586.rpm libmudflap41-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586.rpm 
warning: gcc41-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 3dbdc284
error: Failed dependencies:
	rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.2-1 is needed by gcc41-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586
	rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.2-1 is needed by gcc41-c++-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586
	rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.2-1 is needed by cpp41-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586
	rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.2-1 is needed by libstdc++41-devel-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586
	rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.2-1 is needed by libmudflap41-4.1.3_20080612-26.5.i586
[root@localhost Download]#

knudfl · 06-03-2010, 06:56 AM

rpm-4.7.0-1.fc11, 17-Apr-2009 : You may have this old version ?

# yum install rpm
.... will update rpm to version 4.7.1 with lzma included.
= rpm-4.7.1-1.fc11, 24-Jul-2009

....

ufmale · 06-03-2010, 12:51 PM

knudfl... you are very good.. Thanks. it works now.