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Re: installing gcc-fortran on SUSE Linux
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: Stephen Lynch <slynch at mpl dot ucsd dot edu>
- Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:12:06 -0800
- Subject: Re: installing gcc-fortran on SUSE Linux
- References: <E9D31F23-13D7-4BD8-80CB-0BA4B29D1AAD@mpl.ucsd.edu>
Stephen Lynch <slynch@mpl.ucsd.edu> writes:
> Alternatively I am considering doing a complete, more up-to-date
> installation of gcc, including ALL subpackages, but I'm also unsure
> about how to do this. While I'm not particularly concerned with
> keeping multiple versions of gcc intact, I would like to avoid
> creating any issues with these programs running because I was careless
> about overwriting shared libraries or something.
Do this, but install it somewhere else (by using the --prefix option
when you run configure). Then your new compiler will not overwrite your
existing one.
Ian