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dabd

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Registered: 2008-11-17

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Multiple versions of gcc

I need to compile some MEX stuff with Matlab but it requires gcc 4.1 or 4.2 but arch is running 4.5.
Is it possible to have two versions of gcc installed?  If so, is there a guide for doing it without breaking my system...

Mr.Elendig

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Re: Multiple versions of gcc

Go to aur.archlinux.org, search for "gcc4", pick whichever you want, follow the instructions on how to install from aur, set CC/CXX as needed, done.

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dabd

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Re: Multiple versions of gcc

set CC/CXX as needed, done.

Can you elaborate on this part?

Thanks.

Mr.Elendig

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Re: Multiple versions of gcc

in the PKGBUILD  export CC / CXX to whatever version of gcc that you want to use. Eg:

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export CC=/usr/bin/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc-4.2.4
./configure prefix=/usr
make
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dabd

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Re: Multiple versions of gcc

While compiling gcc 4.1 I get this error:

configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
make[1]: *** [configure-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 1

contents of src/gcc-4.1.2/build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/config.log (last lines)

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" void exit (int) throw ();

configure: exit 1

Last edited by dabd (2010-06-09 22:05:47)

Allan

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Re: Multiple versions of gcc

I assume you are using gcc41 from the AUR.   You probably only need "CC=gcc-4.1 CXX=g++-4.1 ./configure..."

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ngoonee

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Re: Multiple versions of gcc

Search the forums, in an old thread I indicate how to replace Matlab's built-in GCC with the system one. The only utility affected is mex, Matlab itself is not tied to your gcc, so I recommend you do that instead of installing old gcc.

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dabd

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Re: Multiple versions of gcc

I managed to install gcc41 from AUR and change MATLAB's mexopts.sh to point to it and now everything works fine.
Hopefully gcc41 and the gcc-4.5 can coexist without problems.   Should I watch out for any conflicts?