Migrating from gcc2.96 to gcc 3.0.2

[Jeff Sturm]

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Nirmit Vikrambhai Desai wrote:
> Operating System: Red Hat Linux 7.1.2.96-81
> 
> I want to upgrade my existing gcc2.96 to gcc3.0.2

Why do you want to replace the system compiler?  This is the one Red Hat
recommends.

> /usr/bin/gcc is 2.96 binary still
> 
> /usr/local/bin/gcc is 3.0.2 binary now

No problem.  To use 3.0.2, give the full path to the compiler, or make
sure it comes first in your PATH, e.g.

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

Jeff