Which Linux to install to get gcc 3.x?

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

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

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.

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

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)

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu

Use The Source, Luke.

Hi phenom,

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