lol dude if you want me to install fedora 15, then i might as well just upgrade my ubuntu which would be less annoying than install a fresh OS. the whole purpose of me doing is this so that i don't have to change anything except for upgrading gcc. i don't want a whole system upgrade or a new OS. Jeffrey Walton-3 wrote: > > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Upgrade-Update-GCC--tp32650441p32664843.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.