Thanks Jonathan for your suggestions. On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 5 August 2014 04:45, Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari wrote: >> My RHEL6.1 has pre installed gcc (GCC) 4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat >> 4.4.5-6). I want to update it to latest version. I don't have red hat >> subscription and therefore I'll have to install from source. How can I >> uninstall this version > > "yum erase gcc" but I would advise against doing that. > >> and install a more recent version of GCC. > > It's a bad idea to replace the system compiler, just install a newer > version in a different path. -- Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari Electronic Engineer Research & Development Division Pakistan Meteorological Department H-8/2, Islamabad. Phone # off +92519250361 Cell # +923155145014 Fax # +92519250368 www.pmd.gov.pk