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Re: How to uninstall pre-installed previous version and install new
- From: Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari <ahsan dot pmd at gmail dot com>
- To: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- Cc: Ãngel GonzÃlez <keisial at gmail dot com>, gcc-help <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 08:16:58 +0500
- Subject: Re: How to uninstall pre-installed previous version and install new
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Well explained Jonathan
Thanks
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5 August 2014 17:54, Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari wrote:
>> Yes I did that before, I removed the gcc and when I tried to build a
>> new gcc from source it crashed complaining that no C compiler is
>> present. Isn't it weird that installation of C compiler needs C
>> compiler as a pre-requisite.?
>
> You don't need a compiler to install a C compiler, you need a compiler
> to *compile* a C compiler, just like you need a compiler to compile
> any program.
>
> If you just want to install gcc you use 'yum' or 'rpm' to do that,
> instead of compiling it yourself.
>
> If you want to compile gcc, obviously you need a compiler of some kind.
>
> It might seem weird but it's not, it's quite normal.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_%28compilers%29
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