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How to Install gcc 4.7.x/4.8.x on CentOS

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What would be the easiest way to install 4.7.x/4.8.x on a system with CentOS 6.2+? The default RPM package contains an older version of .

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Fix for: How to Install gcc 4.7.x/4.8.x on CentOS

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Tru Huynh of centos.org has built the redhat developer toolset 1.1, for centos and it contains gcc 4.7.2 So you could simply use his repo and install just gcc, instantly. This will install it most likely into Then you can tell your compile process to use the gcc 4.7 instead of 4.4 with the CC variable

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