Yes I did that before, I removed the gcc and when I tried to build a new gcc from source it crashed complaining that no C compiler is present. Isn't it weird that installation of C compiler needs C compiler as a pre-requisite.? On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Ángel González <keisial@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/08/14 10:37, Jonathan Wakely 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. > > Specially if you attempt to remove it before having the new one ready, > as you won't be able to install from source (thus compil¡ng) the new version > without a working compiler. > -- 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
