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Install GCC 4.9.4
#!/bin/bash
# this script installs GCC 4.9.4
# to use it navigate to your home directory and type:
# sh install-gcc-4.9.4.sh
# download and install gcc 4.9.4
wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.9.4/gcc-4.9.4.tar.gz
tar xzf gcc-4.9.4.tar.gz
cd gcc-4.9.4
./contrib/download_prerequisites
cd ..
mkdir objdir
cd objdir
../gcc-4.9.4/configure --prefix=$HOME/gcc-4.9.4 --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --disable-multilib
make
# install
make install
# clean up
rm -rf ~/objdir
rm -f ~/gcc-4.9.4.tar.gz
# add to path (you may want to add these lines to $HOME/.bash_profile)
export PATH=$HOME/gcc-4.9.4/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/gcc-4.9.4/lib:$HOME/gcc-4.9.4/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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nerdCopter commented Apr 8, 2023

FAIL.
new gcc can't properly compile old gcc. and 4.9.x binaries have conflicts with libmpfr*

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