On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Christer Solskogen <christer.solskogen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/15/11 19:19 PM, newbieneedshelp wrote: > >> yea i already know that, but the whole point of me asking is because i do >> not want to upgrade to ubuntu version. > > Then you have to either find an obscure package pool with the gcc version > you want, and risk to fsck up your system, or install a newer gcc by hand. > The question is why you want/need a newer gcc than the version that your > linux distribution provides. If you dont want a newer ubuntu, why you want a > newer gcc? Perhaps Fedora 15 would be a good choice. It comes with 4.6 preinstalled. Jeff