Hi, I have Ubuntu 9.04 with gcc installed (located in usr/bin/..). Now I have installed GCC again at: home/andrea/Desktop/gcc-4.3.3 from the GNU website and I need to use this second version. I assume that all I need to do is to change the PATH variable (sth like the environmental variable in Windows), so that it points to the compiler I need. My attempts to change the path variable didn't work for the following reasons: 1. I am not 100% if the path destination is correct (I used the above mentioned path, maybe I need to extend it to some subfolder in gcc-4.3.3.? ...but which one? there is no "bin" folder inside gcc-4.3.3) 2. After exporting the path and checking with "echo $PATH" I get: /home/andrea/Desktop/gcc-4.3.3/:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games so it looks fine, but checking with "which gcc", and "whereis gcc" returns the location from the first compiler (usr/bin/gcc). Running my programs also shows that I'm still using the gcc from Ubuntu. Is there a proper way how to change the path variable, so that I'm using the desired gcc version? Thank you for your replies! Andrea -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/GCC-path-variable-tp24004066p24004066.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
