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Re: How to uninstall pre-installed previous version and install new
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari <ahsan dot pmd at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc-help <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 09:37:27 +0100
- Subject: Re: How to uninstall pre-installed previous version and install new
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On 5 August 2014 04:45, Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari wrote:
> My RHEL6.1 has pre installed gcc (GCC) 4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat
> 4.4.5-6). I want to update it to latest version. I don't have red hat
> subscription and therefore I'll have to install from source. How can I
> uninstall this version
"yum erase gcc" but I would advise against doing that.
> and install a more recent version of GCC.
It's a bad idea to replace the system compiler, just install a newer
version in a different path.