On Thu, 13 Mar 2025, 07:46 Basile Starynkevitch, <basile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2025-03-13 at 07:36 +0000, Rugwesh KOlekar via Gcc-help wrote: > > Dear GNU Team, > > > > I hope this message finds you well. > > I am currently working with GCC version 4.8.1, which is installed on a > virtual > > drive, and I would like to replace it with the latest stable version of > GCC. > > However, I am unsure of the proper steps and procedures, especially in > > alignment with my organization's protocols. > > GCC 4.8.1 is a very old version of the compiler. How did you install it? > On what > operating system? > > The current stable version is GCC 14 and GCC 15 is coming out soon. > > Very probably you can uninstall the old version, There is no reason to uninstall the old version, especially given the reference to "my organization's protocols". We can't give a definitive answer since we have no idea what those protocols are. and certainly you can have > several versions of GCC co-existing. > > GCC is usually packaged in most Linux distributions and for those packaged > versions you should use the distribution commands (eg apt or aptitude on > Debian > or Linux Mint) > Yes but if it's a very old system then the version packaged by the distribution might be very old too. The answer might be to install a self-built GCC as described at https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC or talk to your system administrators about installing a more recent version.
