| tweak 2004-06-26, 10:10 am |
| Maurizio Loreti wrote:
> Nils O. Selåsdal <NOS@Utel.no> writes:
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> Be warned. Since this will also remove the shared libraries, every
> executable compiled against them cannot be run
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> The right way, if you want to install from the tar.gz distribution, is
> to leave in /usr/bin the old gcc, install the new one under a
> different tree, e.g. /opt/gcc340, and put in PATH first
> /opt/gcc340/bin, and in LD_LIBRARY_PATH first /opt/gcc340/lib .
I will have to do this the next time I redo my system. I installed the
new one in the same place as the old one. The good thing is that the
library path (/usr/lib) of the new one is unique to the original install.
Thanks,
Brian
P.S. Still getting used to tar based installs and uninstalls.
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