[Gate-users] Question

[Nicolas Spalinger]

> hello,
> i have a question too.  it has been months that i try to install gate
> 3.1.2 on ubuntu 8.04. the problem stands with the root version 5.14
> (that can only be compiled with gcc3.x) and strictly needed to run Gate.
> The problem is that i don`t know how to force my computer to use gcc3.x
> and even so there are still conflicts with librairies andd stuff that
> have been compiled with gcc 4.x. How did you do? should i use an old
> computer with gcc 3.x running only?
> thank you for your answers.
> dounia

If needed, I recommend making use of the CC environment variable: IMHO
more transitory and easier to maintain in the long-term than a symlink.

in your terminal:
export CC=/usr/bin/gccx.x    (x.x being your version of course).

But your packaging system should usually take care of that.

HTH

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Nicolas Spalinger
HealthGrid CTO - research engineer
http://www.healthgrid.org