How to install gcc 4.8.4 from SDK (problems)

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Hello everybody,

I am sorry to ask this question, but I am not able to install gcc 4.8.4 from the SDK Repo.
It is a fresh installation of SLES 11 SP4 without subscription, because we have our own internal repos. But it doesn’t include SDK features.
So these repos are currently disabled. I am just working on the DVD repos.

[CODE]linux-qcuz:~ # zypper lr

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh

–±------------------------------------------------------------------±------------------------------------------------------------------±--------±-------
1 | SLES11-SP4-UPDATE | SLES11-SP4-UPDATE | No | No
2 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP4 11.4.4-1.109 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP4 11.4.4-1.109 | Yes | No
3 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11-SP4_11.4.4-1.55 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Software-Development-Kit-11-SP4 11.4.4-1.55 | Yes | No [/CODE]

I tried to install gcc 4.8.4 and remove gcc 4.3, but this is not possible, because it will unistall gcc, too.

Currently installed is 4.3.4:

linux-qcuz:~ # gcc -v gcc version 4.3.4 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 152973] (SUSE Linux)

[CODE]linux-qcuz:~ # zypper se gcc
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…

S | Name | Summary | Type
–±---------------------±----------------------------------------------±----------
| cross-spu-gcc | The GNU C Compiler and Support Files | package
| cross-spu-gcc | The GNU C Compiler and Support Files | srcpackage
| cross-spu-gcc-static | The GNU C Compiler and Support Files | package
| cross-spu-gcc-static | The GNU C Compiler and Support Files | srcpackage
i | gcc | The system GNU C Compiler | package
| gcc | The system GNU C Compiler | srcpackage
| gcc-32bit | The system GNU C Compiler | package
i | gcc-ada | The system GNU Ada Compiler | package
i | gcc-c++ | The system GNU C++ Compiler | package
| gcc-c+±32bit | The system GNU C++ Compiler | package
| gcc-fortran | The system GNU Fortran Compiler | package
| gcc-fortran-32bit | The system GNU Fortran Compiler | package
| gcc-gij | The system GNU Java bytecode interpreter | package
| gcc-gij-32bit | The system GNU Java bytecode interpreter | package
i | gcc-info | The system GNU Compiler documentation | package
| gcc-java | The system GNU Java Compiler | package
| gcc-locale | The system GNU Compiler locale files | package
| gcc-obj-c++ | The system GNU Objective C++ Compiler | package
| gcc-objc | The system GNU Objective C Compiler | package
| gcc-objc-32bit | The system GNU Objective C Compiler | package
| gcc-shlib-transition | Dummy package collection | srcpackage
| gcc33 | The GNU C Compiler Version 3.3(evaluation) | srcpackage
| gcc33 | The GNU C Compiler Version 3.3(evaluation) | package
| gcc33-32bit | The GNU C Compiler 32bit support | package
| gcc33-fortran | The GNU Fortran 77 Compiler and Support Files | package
| gcc33-fortran-32bit | The GNU Fortran Compiler and Support Files | package
i | gcc43 | The GNU C Compiler and Support Files | package
| gcc43 | The GNU C Compiler and Support Files | srcpackage
| gcc43-32bit | The GNU C Compiler 32bit support | package
i | gcc43-ada | GNU Ada95 Compiler Based on GCC (GNAT) | package
i | gcc43-c++ | The GNU C++ Compiler | package
| gcc43-fortran | The GNU Fortran Compiler and Support Files | package
| gcc43-fortran-32bit | The GNU Fortran Compiler and Support Files | package
| gcc43-gij | Java Bytecode Interpreter for gcc | package
| gcc43-gij-32bit | Java Bytecode Interpreter for gcc | package
i | gcc43-info | Documentation for the GNU compiler collection | package
| gcc43-java | The GNU Java Compiler | package
| gcc43-locale | Locale Data for the GNU Compiler Collection | package
| gcc43-obj-c++ | GNU Objective C++ Compiler | package
| gcc43-objc | GNU Objective C Compiler | package
| gcc43-objc-32bit | GNU Objective C Compiler | package
| gcc48 | The GNU C Compiler and Support Files | srcpackage
i | gcc48 | The GNU C Compiler and Support Files | package
| gcc48-32bit | The GNU C Compiler 32bit support | package
| gcc48-c++ | The GNU C++ Compiler | package
| gcc48-fortran | The GNU Fortran Compiler and Support Files | package
| gcc48-fortran-32bit | The GNU Fortran Compiler and Support Files | package
| gcc48-info | Documentation for the GNU compiler collection | package
| gcc48-locale | Locale Data for the GNU Compiler Collection | package
i | libgcc43 | C compiler runtime library | package
| libgcc43-32bit | C compiler runtime library | package
i | libgcc46 | C compiler runtime library | package
| libgcc46-32bit | C compiler runtime library | package
i | libgcc_s1 | C compiler runtime library | package
i | libgcc_s1-32bit | C compiler runtime library | package [/CODE]

Soooo, is there any trick or any order to install gcc 4.8.4?

Thank you all so much.

Ulf

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Hi and welcome to the Forum :slight_smile:
From your zypper output both 4.3 and 4.8 are installed ( an i in the left column). The gcc you see is just a softlink to the default, so you can either remove the existing link(s) an link to the gcc48 versions or call direct;

/usr/bin/gcc48 -v

or export

CC=/usr/bin/gcc48

So they can both co-exist, just call the compiler your wanting to use… Not sure but there is an update-alternatives routine, but I’ve always just exported at compile time…

Inspect the files from the output of ls command to see which ones are softlinks;

ls -la /usr/bin