Installing an additional gcc 2.95 with mdk9

[simcon]

Hi, I want to write and compile some Zaurus apps and have setup the development environment as instructed by ZaurusZone.com. I am experiencing compilation errors and have found out it's because I must use gcc 2.95 and NOT gcc 3.2 as comes with mdk9.

 

The trouble is I don't want to downgrade the compiler or the OS. I suppose I could build another computer and run an older Mandrake on it, one that comes with gcc 2.95 (perhaps mdk8 or 8.2 had this), but I would rather run 2 versions of the compiler on my machine at once. Does anyone know if this is possible? I already have a special script that I run to setup my development environment variables, maybe I could precede the PATH with the location of an additional gcc 2.95 installed somewhere else like my Home folder.

 

Any help would be nice.

 

Regards,

Simon Constable

[johnnyv]

there is a 2.X gcc in the 9.0 cd's

[simcon]

Thanks johnnyv, I wasn't aware that I could run 2 versions at the same time. Indeed Mandrake 9 comes with gcc 2.96 also which runs alongside 3.2.

 

Inside my Zaurus project's Makefile I just change:-

 

CC = gcc

CXX = g++

 

to read:-

 

CC = gcc-2.96

CXX = g++-2.96

 

and it compiles fine. So now I'm a Zaurus developer :D

 

BTW if anyone knows an easier way to run gcc-2.96 instead of the normal gcc (which is 3.2) then let me know. Anything that will save me repeatedly having to edit the Makefile.

 

Regards,

Simon Constable

[aru]

BTW if anyone knows an easier way to run gcc-2.96 instead of the normal gcc (which is 3.2) then let me know. Anything that will save me repeatedly having to edit the Makefile.

 

run:

 

update-alternatives --config gcc

update-alternatives --config cpp

 

and select the gcc/cpp versions you want to use by default.

 

as always "man update-alternatives" for more info.

 

HTH