Specify gcc version during make

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Lost Dog · #1 Post by **Lost Dog** » 2006-10-23 13:18

Hi,

I'm pretty new to programing and in this case I'm pretty much just compiling with a few tweaks to the code.

How could I specify what gcc version to use during the "make" process? I'm trying to compile a tivoserver and it dies on gcc version 4.1 which is on my system. From reading about trying to make the mjpegtools you need to use gcc 3.4.

How can I temporarily use gcc 3.4 during the compile process?

Thanks!

brain · #2 Post by **brain** » 2006-10-23 13:42

Depending on the Makfile, you can often do

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CC=/path/to/gcc-3.4 make

Harold · #3 Post by **Harold** » 2006-10-23 13:52

Go to /usr/bin/ and do ls -l gcc*. You will see that gcc is a symlink to gcc-x.x. Change that symlink to point to the version of gcc you want to use. There are other links in there that also need to be changed. Do ls -l *-4.1 to see what they are.

Lost Dog · #4 Post by **Lost Dog** » 2006-10-23 14:38

Cool! Thanks for the help. I'll give this a try tonight when I get home.

Lost Dog · #5 Post by **Lost Dog** » 2006-10-24 00:56

Using CC=/path... didn't seem to work.

I got everything compiled by ln -s to the older version...

Thanks!!!