-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tim wrote: > > Hi, I wonder if someone by any chance happen to know how to install a stable latest gcc (4.4.x) for a workstation under Kubuntu 9.04? > > The reason I need gcc 4.4.x is that I would like to use Collapse in OpenMP 3.0 which is only supported in GCC 4.4 and later version. > > Stability is important since my administrator would like to make it work on a workstation shared by many people at work. But I have seen so many reports about the failure to install a stable gcc 4.4.x in the past few months. For example, I saw this somewhere online: > > sudo apt-get install gcc-snapshot > > which as gcc snapshot's website says is not a stable one. > > So I wonder if there is some way that can install a stable latest gcc (4.4.x) for a workstation under Kubuntu 9.04? Even gcc 4.4.0 is fine as long as it is stable and I assume it to have OpenMP 3.0. Or should I wait till a stable release of gcc 4.4.x on Kubuntu 9.04 is out? > > Another question: is building gcc 4.4.x on someone's Home directory from its source a good choice? Is it possible to not using root? > > Really appreciate your suggestion! > > Thanks and regards! > Hey Well you have several choices i guess, you could either wait for the next ubuntu release, but thats not very helpful :). Or you could download yourself a tarball release of gcc and compile and install it yourself. Which is probably the best solution. http://gcc-uk.internet.bs/releases/gcc-4.4.0/ Thats the 4.4.0 releases if your just using C gcc-core is fine. But a full gcc tarball the top item is probably best. It should come with all the goodies you want. If you don't have root on the system your deploying it to ./configure --prefix=$HOME/gcc-install Don't worry about compiling your own GCC its not as awful as you might think, you shouldn't have many problems. If your on ubuntu you could: % aptitude install libmpfr-dev libgmp3-dev build-essential % wget -c http://gcc-uk.internet.bs/releases/gcc-4.4.1/gcc-4.4.1.tar.bz2 % bunzip2 gcc-4.4.1.tar.bz2 % tar jxvf gcc-4.4.1.tar % cd gcc-4.4.1 % ./configure --prefix=$HOME/gcc-install % make # go get lunch :) % make install This isn't quite so ideal as you would have to specify your direct path to gcc in $HOME/gcc-install but its a start :) Though you could add it to your path. But this is a pain your much better doing a full install as root. If your on a work-station being shared you should get root access to do this properly :) I was thinking of maintaining my own debs of the latest gcc releases somewhere i might look into doing this now might be helpful. - --Phil -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkqYNpsACgkQAhcOgIaQQ2EDKwCcCi+ezFyoYAB5QiUJVcvnbf0m OJ8AniDsCZcntZ3pZ6c8nHUZ5m1GT9vY =LAcJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
