2010/2/3 Jon Forrest <jlforrest at berkeley.edu>: > On 2/3/2010 10:49 AM, Tony Schreiner wrote: >> > >> There is also a gcc44-gfortran rpm which is based on gcc 4.4.0. Would >> that help you? > > I wonder if that rpm allows the version of > gfortran and associated libraries it installs > to be located in something other than the default > location. This is important because I don't > want to remove the standard version of > gfortran in case something goes wrong. > > (I know that the rpm command can do this > but some rpms don't allow it). > > Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try this. gcc44 and gfortran44 are specially crafted to be installed without removing official version of gcc/gfortran. executables names are gcc44 and gfortran44. HTH, Laurent