Upgrade/Update GCC?

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Christer Solskogen
<christer.solskogen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/15/11 19:19 PM, newbieneedshelp wrote:
>
>> yea i already know that, but the whole point of me asking is because i do
>> not want to upgrade to ubuntu version.
>
> Then you have to either find an obscure package pool with the gcc version
> you want, and risk to fsck up your system, or install a newer gcc by hand.
> The question is why you want/need a newer gcc than the version that your
> linux distribution provides. If you dont want a newer ubuntu, why you want a
> newer gcc?
Perhaps Fedora 15 would be a good choice. It comes with 4.6 preinstalled.

Jeff