problems to install gcc

[Andrew Haley]

Kay Schröer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've some problems to configure, build and install the gcc collection.
> I downloaded the file gcc-4.3.0.tar.gz.
> Then I started the console (bash) and decompressed the archive by typing:
>  gzip -d gcc-4.3.0.tar.gz
>  tar -xf gcc-4.3.0.tar
> The source files are placed in the directory /usr/gcc-4.3.0, for example
>  /usr/gcc-4.3.0/compile
>  /usr/gcc-4.3.0/configure
>  /usr/gcc-4.3.0/install-sh
>  ...
> Now I want to install the package to the directory /usr/gcc to use the
> compilers.
> I already read the documentation but there are so many commands and
> options, so I don't know what I have to do step by step.
> Can you give me the necessary commands and options to configure, build
> and install a standard version of gcc (with all libraries installed to
> compile standard C-applications) to my system?

All you usually need on a Linux system is to specify a prefix.

So, make a clean directory and in that directory do

  /usr/gcc-4.3.0/configure --prefix=/usr/gcc

  make

  make install

Andrew.