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I'm trying to compile a program that requires gcc 3.x. I've decided to install a Linux distro in a virtual machine for this purpose. I've tried Ubuntu 7.10 and Ubuntu 6.06, but these both use gcc 4.x.

What's a good Linux OS to install that uses gcc 3.x?

asked 13 Sep '10, 08:25

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Cyent could (should?) have elaborated a little. If you follow his link: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu there's a table of components of the various Ubuntus further down the page. The table shows that Ubuntu Hoary (5.04) is the most recent Ubuntu that comes with gcc 3.x (3.3.5)

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answered 01 Nov '10, 23:54

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edited 02 Nov '10, 00:05

Hi phenom,

You may wish to try puppy linux or mandriva. I hope this is of help.

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answered 15 Sep '10, 20:53

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Use The Source, Luke.

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answered 18 Oct '10, 03:06

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answered 01 Nov '10, 21:05

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Hi,

If you just want to have gcc-3.X you can manually compile it on your server with some easy steps.

Else you can install the Centos.4.4 or RHEL4 or redhat 7, they have the Gcc-3 by default.

gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.0.4/specs Configured with: ../configure Thread model: single gcc version 3.0.4

cat /etc/issue Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma) Kernel \r on an \m

uname -a Linux emalouin 2.4.9-21 #1 Fri Feb 8 02:22:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown

rpm -q glibc glibc-2.2.4-19.3

Regds,

Ash Vashisth

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answered 02 Nov '10, 03:36

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I guess the best possible way would be to install the gcc 3.x instead of installing the whole OS.

One more point I would like to mention that the program that can be compiled using gcc 3.x can also be compiled using gcc 4.x because they are downward compatible.

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answered 02 Nov '10, 12:10

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Went way way back to past with RHEL4 - most new distro's are at gcc4.x - I believe RHEL4 was like fedora 6:

-bash-3.00$ rpm -qa |grep gcc

libgcc-3.4.6-11.el4_8.1

compat-libgcc-296-2.96-132.7.2

gcc-java-3.4.6-11.el4_8.1

gcc-g77-3.4.6-11.el4_8.1

gcc-c++-3.4.6-11.el4_8.1

libgcc-3.4.6-11.el4_8.1

gcc-3.4.6-11.el4_8.1

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answered 28 Jan '11, 20:10

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Download the source and compile from here http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html

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answered 19 Apr '11, 18:17

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