Can GCC be upgraded?

njjesus

The gcc on my system is 3.3.1

I found many new software cannot be installed to my system. And I haven't find a way to install the latest version gcc into my system. (My system is a redhat compatible distribution and cannot be upgrade)

Can anybody help me to resolve the problem. Thanks!

torres

By switching to a distribution like Gentoo, all these problems will be solved very easily.

njjesus

Post by torres
By switching to a distribution like Gentoo, all these problems will be solved very easily.

I did not switch to gentoo only because I need to use oracle.

Can I upgrade GCC like other software?

d00m3d

>I found many new software cannot be installed to my system.

Are these software related to your gcc-3.3.1?  The latest gcc-3.3.5 is merely bug fixed release of the 3.3 series, it won't change your current situation.  The latest gcc-3.4.3 is even worst because the 3.4 series is known to have less compatibilities than 3.3!

Please do not cross posting.

http://www.linuxsir.cn/bbs/showthread.php?t=173806

torres

Post by njjesus
I did not switch to gentoo only because I need to use oracle.

Can I upgrade GCC like other software?

You can install oracle in Gentoo: Gentoo下面安装Oracle10g
You can even use rpm in Gentoo.

njjesus

Post by torres
You can install oracle in Gentoo: Gentoo下面安装Oracle10g
You can even use rpm in Gentoo.

Oh, thank you all for above replies. I shall study gentoo and lfs when I have time.

However basically  I think gentoo is maybe too complex. I am a little familiar with debian, which is flexible than other distribution in my opinion, except for the installation of "heavy" softwares that has no deb package, like oracle.

torres

Post by njjesus
However basically  I think gentoo is maybe too complex.  

Gentoo is not as complex as you may think, actually it's easier to configure and maintain than many other distros, for example, to upgrade gcc (suppose there's a new stable version of gcc just came out) is just a matter of typing a command like this:
# emerge sync && emerge gcc
On the other hand, I don't use Redhat, so I can't really help you much, sorry.

njjesus

Dear Torres:

Thank you, now I have big interest on Gentoo, I am going to find documents about it. And I may try to install it on my new laptop. Any recommendation?

njjesus

Dear Torres:

I find out a ftp site, ftp://ftp.sjtu.edu.cn/gentoo/

However I do not know how to make use of the resource on this mirror site. Could you please teach me the procedure of installation of Gentoo. I browsed the Gentoo section of linuxsir.cn, after that I got faint because there seems too be multiple approach  for setup Gentoo and none of the documents is complete.

torres

This is the official handbook: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/han ... l?part=0&chap=0

If you want a Chinese version, read this:
http://www.gentoo.org.tw/doc/handbook/handbook-x86.xml

The following one is in Simplified Chinese, but  may not be as updated as the above one:
http://gentoo.linuxsir.cn/doc/cn/handbook/handbook-x86.xml

In addition, there're 2 interesting guides I recommend you to take a look at, the first one iis relevant if you've already have a linux distribution and want to install gentoo on a spare partition, the second one is about installing gentoo on a windows only machine that has no cdrom nor floppy plus some extra tips on installing gentoo from stage1.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=265946 (pls use utf-8)

If you have further questions, you should post in the Gentoo section or the Gentoo forum http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum.php?f=50