On 3/3/2015 4:13 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/22/2015 4:22 PM, Adekoya Adekunle wrote: >> How can I install the latest version of gcc/g++ development tools on my >> centos ? >> I have version 4.1.* on the machine. > > centos 6 cames with gcc 4.4.7, centos 7 uses 4.8.2. yum update > should get you the latest supported release. > > what version of centos do you have? gcc 4.1 is fairly old (2006-2007) > > if you need newer versions of gcc and support than your version of > CentOS supports, the only way to get them woujld be to build your own > in to run in an alternate directory, such as /usr/local/gcc49, rather > than replace the standard versions, otherwise you'll likely break > things that depend on the standard version for your OS.. ok, gcc 4.1.2 was bundled with CentOS 5 (I forgot I had one centos 5 legacy test/dev system left alive)... you can yum install gcc44 gcc44-c++ to get 4.4.7, is that new enough? note this installs the compiler as /usr/bin/gcc44 and g++44 so you'll need to update any of your build scripts to specify gcc44 and/or g++44 to use this newer version. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast