Generally, we need to keep multiple versions of gcc/g++
to fit our compiling environment. This blog can teach you how to switch your system gcc/g++
version in ubuntu system.
Step 1: Check your current gcc/g++
gcc -v
get info like
gcc version 4.4.6 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.6-llubuntu2)
Step 2: How about switching to gcc 4.5
? Check if you already installed the gcc 4.5
ls /usr/bin/gcc*
If you can see /usr/bin/gcc-4.5
, see step 4.
Step 3: Install gcc 4.5
and g++ 4.5
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.5 g++-4.5
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.4 50
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.4 50
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.5 40
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.5 40
Step 4: Config your gcc/g++
version
config gcc
:
sudo update-alternatives --config gcc
gets result like:
Selection path Priority Status
--------------------------------------------------------------------
* 0 /usr/bin/gcc-4.4 50 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/gcc-4.4 50 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/gcc-4.5 40 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/gcc-4.6 30 manual mode
Press ENTER to maintain, or type the selection number to the corresponding version.
then config g++
similarly:
sudo update-alternatives --config g++
NOTE
if you want to delete a version,
sudo update-alternatives --remove gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.5