Hi All,
i have installed RH 9.0 on my machine, but my problem is the version of gcc(v3.2.2) it is built with. I was trying to install the new version (3.4.5). I copied the gcc-3.4.5.tar.gz from mirror. ran the following commands in order:
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$ gzip -d gcc-3.4.5.tar.gz
$ tar xvf gcc-3.4.5.tar
$ cd gcc-3.4.5
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/lib/gcc-3.4.5
$ make
$ make install
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upto here everything went fine (except the fact that "make" took some 4-5 hours which might be OK???, on the other hand "make install" took 15-20 minutes only !!). Now i tried to compile a small file as "gcc -V 3.4.5 test.c"
but got the following errors:
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gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory
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but on the other hand "gcc test.c" works fine and "gcc -v test.c" shows that it is working with gcc v3.2.2 (exactly: "gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)").

I tried to look onto gnu website and was overwhlemed by the terms they have used . On the configuration part, they have asked to use "objdir" and "srcdir", and "installation on top level directory" but I could not understand what exactly they meant by them (afterall, i AM a newbie, right).

So guys, please help. All I want is a workable version of gcc-3.4.5.

Thanks --mlaich

Hi guys...
I tried again to install the gcc compiler, but as posted before, not by:
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/lib/gcc-3.4.5
but this time as
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local

it seemingly kind of worked... as "gcc -v test.c" says:
"Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/specs
Configured with: ./configure --prefix=/usr/lib/gcc-3.4.5 : (reconfigured) ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.5
/usr/local/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/cc1 -quiet -v t.c -quiet -dumpbase t.c -mtune=pentiumpro -auxbase t -version -o /tmp/cc0cRz2E.s
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
/usr/local/include
/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/include
/usr/include
End of search list.
GNU C version 3.4.5 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
compiled by GNU C version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5).
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=47 --param ggc-min-heapsize=31908
as -V -Qy -o /tmp/ccGqAQHi.o /tmp/cc0cRz2E.s
GNU assembler version 2.13.90.0.18 (i386-redhat-linux) using BFD version 2.13.90.0.18 20030206
/usr/local/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/collect2 --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o /usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/crtbegin.o -L/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5 -L/usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/../../.. /tmp/ccGqAQHi.o -lgcc -lgcc_eh -lc -lgcc -lgcc_eh /usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.5/crtend.o /usr/lib/crtn.o"

my confusion is if it is reading with the 3.4.5 specs then why does it says:
"GNU C version 3.4.5 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
compiled by GNU C version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)."

by the way, command "gcc -V 3.4.5 t.c" is successfull...

could you guys through some light on how can I change the compiler version to new one.

thanks --mlaich

It says it was compiled with gcc version 3.2.2 because that's what you compiled it with. The Red Hat 9 gcc is version 3.2.2 and that's what you used to build the new gcc.

To use the new gcc instead of the old one, have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin in your path or set the CC environment variable to point to the new gcc (you can set it in your bash stratup files so it gets set every time you login).

hi,
i tried to look into /root/.bashrc, but all it containes is:
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# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
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could you tell me where or how exactly I have to change my path? I could not find any file name .bashrc at /bin dir.