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From: The Chief
Subject: Linux Binaries and Makefile
Date: 17 Dec 2008, 16:03:22
On 17 Dec 2008 at 10:08, Kevan Hashemi wrote: > Dear Chief O, > > > sudo tar -zxvf gpc-20070904.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz -C / > > export PATH=$PATH:/pascal/bin > > Very cool. Thank you. I think I understand what each line does. I'll > try it when I'm back in my lab. > > Is there a reason why you like /pascal/bin instead of /bin or > /usr/local/bin? Yes. You were worried about breaking your system gcc and your existing gpc. That way, it is in a totally different place from any installed system compiler. > The existing 20041218 distribution installs itself > into /usr/local. After verifying that the new version works, I'd like > to over-write the old one, and I think I can figure out how to re-tar > the pascal files and re-expand them into the /usr/local structure. You may need to set some environment variables in order for it to work properly in a different location. But it may work without any such tweaking. Best regards, The Chief --------- Prof. Abimbola Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) Web: http://www.greatchief.plus.com/
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| The Chief | Linux Binaries and Makefile | 16 Dec 2008, 23:23:17 |
| Kevan Hashemi | Linux Binaries and Makefile | 17 Dec 2008, 10:08:20 |
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