The latest version of this document is always available athttps://gcc.gnu.org/install/.It refers to the current development sources, instructions forspecific released versions are included with the sources.
This document describes the generic installation procedure for GCC as wellas detailing some target specific installation instructions.
GCC includes several components that previously were separate distributionswith their own installation instructions. This document supersedes allpackage-specific installation instructions.
Before starting the build/install procedure please check thehost/target specific installation notes.We recommend you browse the entire generic installation instructions beforeyou proceed.
The installation procedure itself is broken into five steps.
Please note that GCC does not support ‘make uninstall’ and probablywon’t do so in the near future as this would open a can of worms. Instead,we suggest that you install GCC into a directory of its own and simplyremove that directory when you do not need that specific version of GCCany longer, and, if shared libraries are installed there as well, nomore binaries exist that use them.
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