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Re: Installing Over Old Install
- From: Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks dot com>
- To: gcc at gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 15:27:06 -0400
- Subject: Re: Installing Over Old Install
- Organization: KurtWerks *Isn't* Organized
- References: <3D7351C5.8090906@dnsonline.net>
Also sprach Aaron:
>
> Hello GCC Team,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade to version 3.2 from 2.95-3. So how do I
> remove 2.95-3 if it's not
> recommended to overwrite the previous version via 'make install'? I
> haven't installed it yet, because when I do a 'make' after doing
> './configure' I receive a 'libiberty' error. I don't want to take up
> more space than what is necessary. So what do I do? I appreciate what
> you guys do.
Try "make bootstrap". I wouldn't recommend "upgrading" over your system
compiler. The default installation director{y,ies} for ./configure are
/usr/local, so, on an otherwise stock (vis-a-vis GCC), that should do.
You can use --prefix=/your/own/dir/here if you don't want the default.
Kurt
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