Download location (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.95.3.tar.gz Version used: 2.95.3 Package size: 7 MB Estimated Disk space required: 104 MB |
There are two reasons for installing gcc-2.95.3. The first is that the kernel developers have certified gcc-2.95.3 as the preferred compiler for compiling the kernel. The other (and more compelling reason) is that some commercial closed-source packages (such as Netscape Navigator, Yahoo Pager) and precompiled packages (such as Mozilla) are linked against gcc-2.95.3 libs.
Download the gcc patches from http://downloads.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs-patches.
Apply the two patches, one to fix compilation and the other to stop the fixincludes script from executing.
patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-2.95.3-1.patch && patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-2.95.3-no-fixinc.patch |
The gcc development team recommends building in a separate directory.
mkdir ../gcc-build && cd ../gcc-build |
Configure gcc to build the C and C++ compilers and enable the related C++ options.
../gcc-2.95.3/configure \ --prefix=/opt/gcc2 \ --enable-shared --enable-languages=c,c++ \ --enable-threads=posix |
Compile and install gcc and remove unneeded directories (adjust the machine triplet to match your architecture).
make bootstrap &&
make install &&
ln -sf gcc /opt/gcc2/bin/cc &&
rm -rf /opt/gcc2/{i686-pc-linux-gnu,info,man} |
Make note of the library that is installed.
L=`find /opt/gcc2/lib -name "*libstdc++*.so" -type f` && IL=`basename $L` |
Move the C++ libraries to the standard lib directory to avoid having to add /opt/gcc2/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf.
for i in /opt/gcc2/lib/*.so*; do mv -f $i /usr/lib; ln -sf /usr/lib/`basename $i` /opt/gcc2/lib; done |
Create symlinks required by commercial and precompiled packages.
ln -sf $IL /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 && ln -sf $IL /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 && ln -sf $IL /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.3-2.so.3 |
As with most libraries, there is no configuration to do, save that the library directory i.e. /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf so that ldd can find the shared libraries. After checking that this is the case, /sbin/ldconfig should be run while logged in as root.
The instructions given above make compatibility symlinks that pre-compiled packages in BLFS require. You may create additional compatibility links based on your requirements.
If you only need the gcc-2.95.3 libraries, you may delete /opt/gcc2.
Whenever you need to use gcc-2.95.3 instead of you system installed compiler, add /opt/gcc2/bin to the front of your PATH before compiling the concerned package.
The gcc-2.95.3 package contains the gcc-2.95.3 C and C++ compilers and gcc-2.95.3 libstdc++.so that is required by some commercial and pre-compiled packages.