Update GCC on Linux redhat

[mar-rih]

Hi...

i try to chang and update my compiler on Linux redhat 9, which is GCC 3.2.2, i have downloaded the GCC 3.3.4 and try to install it, but i could't do that.

could any one help me please.

[zyp]

Go for a newer distribution, Red Hat 9 is years old.
Fedora Core 1 is what should have been Red Hat 10, and the latest now are Fedora Core 4.

[Pype.Clicker]

you should be able to have both co-existing on your system if you install what should have been to /usr/bin/gcc into, say, /opt/gnu/bin/gcc ... another part of GCC has to be into /usr/lib/gcc/<version>-<machine>/ ... Just leave it there (it shouldn't overwrite anything else)

Most compiling tools under unix systems use $CC environment variable to know which gcc they should use, so before using the new 3.4.x, just

setenv $CC /opt/gnu/bin/gcc

and when returning to normal operations, just

unsetenv $CC

and voil?