On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:46 AM, newbieneedshelp <johnchong007@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. Ubuntu 11 comes with GCC 4.5, not 4.6. On the bad, Ubuntu 11 has Unity - the finest netbook/tablet window manager money can't buy. I'm not sure who thought it was a good idea to run it on desktops and servers by default, but what do I know.... > 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. My bad. Jeff > 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.
