gccinstall: Installing GCC

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1 1 Installing GCC
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1 The latest version of this document is always available at
1 http://gcc.gnu.org/install/.  It refers to the current development
1 sources, instructions for specific released versions are included with
1 the sources.
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1    This document describes the generic installation procedure for GCC as
1 well as detailing some target specific installation instructions.
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1    GCC includes several components that previously were separate
1 distributions with their own installation instructions.  This document
1 supersedes all package-specific installation instructions.
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11    _Before_ starting the build/install procedure please check the ⇒
 host/target specific installation notes Specific.  We recommend you
1 browse the entire generic installation instructions before you proceed.
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1    Lists of successful builds for released versions of GCC are available
1 at <http://gcc.gnu.org/buildstat.html>.  These lists are updated as new
1 information becomes available.
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1    The installation procedure itself is broken into five steps.
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· Prerequisites
· Downloading the source
· Configuration
· Building
· Testing (optional)
· Final install
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1    Please note that GCC does not support 'make uninstall' and probably
1 won't do so in the near future as this would open a can of worms.
1 Instead, we suggest that you install GCC into a directory of its own and
1 simply remove that directory when you do not need that specific version
1 of GCC any longer, and, if shared libraries are installed there as well,
1 no more binaries exist that use them.
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