Upgrade GCC 4.6.3 on Ubuntu 12.04 to 4.8.2
You can easily compile the sources.
The following commands worked for gcc 4.7. They should be fine for gcc 4.8 as well:
sudo apt-get install libmpfr-dev libgmp3-dev libmpc-dev flex bison
svn checkout svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk
cd trunk
./configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-4.8.2/usr/local/gcc-4.8.2 --enable-languages=c,c++
make
make install
The compiler will be placed in the /opt/ directory, so you have to use it from there.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19836858/upgrade-gcc-4-6-3-on-ubuntu-12-04-to-4-8-2