Install stable latest gcc 4.4.x on a workstation (Kubuntu 9.04)

[Philip Herron]

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Philip Herron wrote:
> Tim wrote:
>> Hi, I wonder if someone by any chance happen to know how to
>> install a
> stable latest gcc (4.4.x) for a workstation under Kubuntu 9.04?
>> The reason I need gcc 4.4.x is that I would like to use Collapse
>> in
> OpenMP 3.0 which is only supported in GCC 4.4 and later version.
>> Stability is important since my administrator would like to make
>> it
> work on a workstation shared by many people at work. But I have
> seen so many reports about the failure to install a stable gcc
> 4.4.x in the past few months. For example, I saw this somewhere
> online:
>> sudo apt-get install gcc-snapshot
>
>> which as gcc snapshot's website says is not a stable one.
>
>> So I wonder if there is some way that can install a stable latest
>> gcc
> (4.4.x) for a workstation under Kubuntu 9.04? Even gcc 4.4.0 is
> fine as long as it is stable and I assume it to have OpenMP 3.0. Or
> should I wait till a stable release of gcc 4.4.x on Kubuntu 9.04 is
> out?
>> Another question: is building gcc 4.4.x on someone's Home
>> directory
> from its source a good choice? Is it possible to not using root?
>> Really appreciate your suggestion!
>
>> Thanks and regards!
>
> Hey
>
> Well you have several choices i guess, you could either wait for
> the next ubuntu release, but thats not very helpful :).
>
> Or you could download yourself a tarball release of gcc and compile
>  and install it yourself. Which is probably the best solution.
>
> http://gcc-uk.internet.bs/releases/gcc-4.4.0/
>
> Thats the 4.4.0 releases if your just using C gcc-core is fine. But
> a full gcc tarball the top item is probably best. It should come
> with all the goodies you want. If you don't have root on the system
> your deploying it to
>
> ./configure --prefix=$HOME/gcc-install
>
> Don't worry about compiling your own GCC its not as awful as you
> might think, you shouldn't have many problems. If your on ubuntu
> you could:
>
> % aptitude install libmpfr-dev libgmp3-dev build-essential % wget
> -c http://gcc-uk.internet.bs/releases/gcc-4.4.1/gcc-4.4.1.tar.bz2 %
> bunzip2 gcc-4.4.1.tar.bz2 % tar jxvf gcc-4.4.1.tar % cd gcc-4.4.1 %
> ./configure --prefix=$HOME/gcc-install % make # go get lunch :) %
> make install
>
> This isn't quite so ideal as you would have to specify your direct
> path to gcc in $HOME/gcc-install but its a start :) Though you
> could add it to your path. But this is a pain your much better
> doing a full install as root. If your on a work-station being
> shared you should get root access to do this properly :)
>
> I was thinking of maintaining my own debs of the latest gcc
> releases somewhere i might look into doing this now might be
> helpful.
>
> --Phil
Oh just so i don't look stupid you don't need
% bunzip2 gcc-4.4.1.tar.bz2

tar jxvf handles that :)

- --Phil
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