Installing newest gcc version on Amazon EC2 version (Ubuntu)

howto.txt

# 1 install old gcc
sudo apt-get install gcc

# 2 add repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

# 3 update repositories
sudo apt-get update

# 3 install newest gcc
sudo apt-get install gcc-8

# 4 update the gcc link
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-8 50