installing gcc-fortran on SUSE Linux

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Stephen Lynch <slynch@mpl.ucsd.edu> writes:

> Alternatively I am considering doing a complete, more up-to-date
> installation of gcc, including ALL subpackages, but I'm also unsure
> about how to do this.  While I'm not particularly concerned with
> keeping multiple versions of gcc intact, I would like to avoid
> creating any issues with these programs running because I was careless
> about overwriting shared libraries or something.

Do this, but install it somewhere else (by using the --prefix option
when you run configure).  Then your new compiler will not overwrite your
existing one.

Ian