GCC4.7.0 Linux installation headache

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 01/06/2012, blessman11 <blessingta@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
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> Summary:
> Operating system: (Linux) Ubuntu 12.04
> Downloaded the “gcc-4.7.0.tar.gz” and “gcc-4.6.3-4.7.0.diff.gz” files

You don't need the diffs

> Unzipped the folders using the command terminal
>
> Problem
> For the past 5days I’ve been trying to install this compiler using the
> terminal since the latest version of gcc isn’t available in the software
> centre (4.6.3 is there instead). And I don’t want gcc 4.6.3 since it has
> inferior C++ 11 support which I really need for my dissertation project the
> next academic year. So far I’m stuck on stage 3 of the stages listed below
> according to the documentation.
>
> 1.	Prerequisites
> 2.	Downloading the source
> 3.	Configuration
> 4.	Building
> 5.	Testing (the optional phase)
> 6.	Final Install
>
> When triying to configure the files I've tried these commands (and they
> failed)
>
>      mkdir var/gcc
>      cd var/gcc
>      usr@tubuntu:~/Downlaods/gcc-4.7.0$ configure
> [--with-pkgversion=version] [--target=target]
> //error received
> “configure: command not found ”
>
> I thought this was how configuration was done since the stallation document
> index.html stated so. So afterwards I decided to try other methods like:
>
> 	sudo ./configure
> and
> 	sudo make ./configure
>
>  and I get these errors
> “./configure: command not found ”
>
> It just feels like it doesn't want to be configured at all, all my efforts
> have been in vain and its day 5 now with no progress, very irritating :((.
> Plus I've rudementary commands like
>
> 	make
>
> 	make install
>
> 	configure
>
> 	make configure
> 	
> 	sudo apt-get install
> for sudo apt-get install I get the following output and nothing else :(
>
> “Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 170 not upgraded.  ”
> 	
> What do I do were can I find a decent tutorial since even the installation
> files are giving me a headache and I'm feeling quite discouraged at the
> moment.
>

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC


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