Can I use GCC for e.g GCC4.0.3 without installation
In my macOS I have installed Clang xcode , and GCC from Homebrew
In my Linux they are installed as well
But I want to use GCC (Specially older version) besides most updated version
Like NVM that manage Node version and it lets you install many nodejs with different version on your system
I want to use GCC4 specially for science and compiling Old FORTRAN to make my Source codes run and see the results
In new OS both macOS and Linux when you install gcc it will install most updated and that is not useful for old fortran or old codes.
So In my solution i think its better to use gcc without install or even install gcc to custom directory folder and copy the codes in that directory and compile them but not to install as wide system and make incompatibility with default GCC and CLANG on system
Thanks in advance
I've tried googling but it all just confuses me.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Using homebrew you can install version 7.2.0 of gcc pretty easily.
Follow the installation instructions on https://brew.sh/. After installing, run the following command in your terminal (Terminal.app):
brew install gcc
That will install version 7.2.0 using the current gcc forumla which appears to currently be the latest version.
I'm trying to install a package that requires GLIBCXX_3.4.20. GCC version is 4.4, the highest version yum lists. Is there a way to upgrade to 4.9 without building it from source or just update libstdc++?
you probably could just grab a recent Fedora libstdc++ rpm, unpack it using something like rpm2targz, and then move the two shared libs into /usr/local/lib/, then run ldconfig.
you might need to adjust the rpm (x86_64-vs-i686) and lib-vs-lib64 paths depending on your setup.
using a newer libstdc++.so with an older gcc version shouldn't usually be too much of a problem. they're good about backwards compat support in the shared libs.
I need to use/integrate GCC 5.X (in my case 5.3, and it is already installed) on Xcode 6.2.
I've found a lot of outdated tutorials about GCC 4.X and Xcode 5 (or lower), but all of them are outdated and do not work anymore.
I've also found this tutorial, but I have not the 5.3.xcplugin file that the tuto recommend to copy.
I am still on Mac OS X Maverick, and I can install Xcode 7 if necessary.
Anybody would know how to do it?
MacPorts still has an installer for Mavericks. It will likely add /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin to your $PATH in .profile, or whatever shell startup file you use, and leave a backup of the old file you can probably get rid of once you're satisfied.
I would suggest upgrading to the latest Xcode release - and to El Capitan unless you have some specific reason not to. AFAIK, if you can run Mavericks, you can run the latter. I will avoid any arguments about the merits of Brew vs. MacPorts here. There's plenty of documentation on the MacPorts pages.
Make sure the package database is up to date:
sudo port -v selfupdate`
Have a look at the existing gcc ports:
port list | grep gcc
note: you might as well install the stable gcc6 (6.1.0) package.
Install the package - this may also install dependency packages:
sudo port install gcc6 [-universal]
This may take a while, as it might need to build from source. For most packages, the -universal flag says that you don't care about 32-bit (IA32) builds, etc.
You can see various package versions with port select ... options, e.g.,
port select --list gcc
And enable the installed gcc:
sudo port select --set gcc mp-gcc6
You may need to rehash so the shell adds the new binaries to its search. Or just start a new shell. gcc -v should yield something like:
gcc version 6.1.0 (MacPorts gcc6 6.1.0_0)
I want to start playing around with some of the newer C++11 features and it appears that the best support for this is with gcc 4.8, and Squeeze ships with 4.4.5.
However, I don't want to cause any "damage" to my current setup. What's the best way to get both versions of gcc running side-by-side? I'm concerned mostly at the large number of dependencies and that taking them all in to my current system may render it unstable.
Has anyone managed to do this, and what are the steps involved?
Failing that, I'll probably just create a VM and run an "unstable" Debian under that but it's a less-than-ideal solution.
If you install GCC from source just make sure you don't install it to /usr and it won't mess anything up. If you install it as your own user, not root, then there is zero chance of messing up the system.
See http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC for the almost-idiot-proof minimal configuration.
I have various versions built as my user and installed in ~/gcc/4.X for various X.
The only thing to be aware of using that set up is that the shared libraries for the new version aren't in the dynamic linker's default search path, so you need to use LD_LIBRARY_PATH or some other solution to ensure executables find the libs from 4.8, see the libstdc++ FAQ and the page it links to in the manual
I use a wrapper script call g++11 which simply calls the new version of GCC with -std=gnu++11 and passes a flag to the linker telling it to set the path to the 4.8 libs in the executable:
$HOME/gcc/4.8/bin/g++ -Wl,-rpath,$HOME/gcc/4.8/lib64 -std=gnu++11 -Wall -Wextra -g "$#"
I had the same problem, and didn't want to fully upgrade to testing.
Jessie (testing) now contains g++-4.8 which is compliant with C++11.
I used apt-pinning in the following way:
A source to jessie was added to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
/etc/apt/preferences was edited as such:
Package: *
Pin: release n=wheezy
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: gcc*
Pin: release n=jessie
Pin-Priority: 910
Then,
$ sudo aptitude update
$ sudo aptitude install gcc/jessie
At which point I selected the second presented option to resolve dependencies fully.
Debian has the package under the name gcc-4.8 (or for the c++ compiler, g++-4.8). Installing those packages will not mess up your OS, as long as you do not rename it to g++. The package is listed as experimental though.
Information on the package is here.
Update: g++-4.8 is now in testing, but an updated package is in unstable
Quick ones:
Just upgrade to testing, it is rock-solid and offers you several concurrent gcc versions. Similar for Ubuntu, on 12.10 I have gcc/g++ 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 in parallel.
Try the Debian backports archive, it may have a port of gcc 4.8.
Use virtualization: I prefer libvirt / kvm which is incredibly lightweight on Linux as it is kernel based. My amd64 server has two other 32 bit installations for that very reason.
Not really a SO question...
Have you tried chroot to install a newer Debian flavor?
you can play around without fear to break you working system.
install a Debian flavor that support you gcc version desired.
install a gcc version manually without affecting you working system.
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Doc/Building_Blender/Linux/Chroot