Take a look at Devtoolset, I think this will give you what you want: https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-3/ On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Michael Hennebry <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) is a bit old. > There have been major changes since then. > I'd like a newer version. > > If I have to, I expect that I can install from source. > I'd rather not. > > Is there a CentOS 6-compatible repository > from which I can get a newer version? > Does a standard CentOS 7 repository have a newer version? > Does a CentOS 7-compatible repository have a newer version? > > It's my understanding that to compile from source, > I will need to keep the gcc I have. > Otherwise I would have nothing to compile the source. > I expect that providing the right options will let old and new co-exist. > Is ensuring that I get the right gcc when I type "gcc" > just a matter of having the right search path for gcc? > Will I need to do anything interesting to ensure that > the resulting executables run using the right libraries? > > I've installed from source before, > but never to replace an existing compiler. > My concern is that if I louse things up, > the mess could be very hard to fix. > > -- > Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical > reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young > goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos