On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 at 20:27, Dennis Clarke <dclarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 09/29/2018 03:06 PM, rih5342 wrote: > > Hi, new gcc user here. > > > > What's the recommended linux distro to build gcc? This question doesn't really make sense. You don't install a distro just to build GCC, you build GCC to use with your existing system. What are you trying to achieve? If you just want to use GCC, every GNU/Linux distro already provides GCC packages for you. Just install a recent distro and you'll have a recent GCC. > Use anything you are comfortable with and I recommend either Debian 9 or > a recent Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Be sure to build the dependencies as > you will need libgmp and libmpfr and a few others. No, don't build the dependencies manually to build GCC (except in special circumstances, and if you're asking this question that doesn't apply to you). See https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC
