To install a specific version of gcc, you could perhaps use pkgsrc (NetBSD package manager, but it works on every system, including Linux).
Serge On Aug 21, 2024 at 07:35 +0800, Damian Rouson <damian@archaeologic.codes>, wrote: > It has been a few years since I used Ubuntu. If I recall correctly, I think > you can just use > > sudo apt install gcc > > and that will install gcc, g++, and gfortran. My Linux knowledge is limited. > I never figured out how to install a specific version of GCC on Ubuntu so I > think you just get what you get. However, what I liked about Ubuntu was that > it seemed to be aggressive about installing more up-to-date versions of GCC > than some other Linux distributions, so if it's an option, you might get a > newer version of GCC by updating your Ubuntu kernel and then the above apt > command again. I think the latest version is Ubuntu 24. FWIW, I mostly used > the Lubuntu lightweight Ubuntu distribution. > > If you really need GCC 14 and the above advice doesn't help, you might try > running the OpenCoarrays installer script to build whatever version you want > from source: > > git clone https://github.com/sourceryinstitute/opencoarrays > cd opencoarrays > ./install.sh --package gcc --install-version 14 --install-prefix > <installation-path> --num-threads 4 > > or run ./install.sh. --help for additional options or shorter versions of the > above options. > > I hope this is all helpful. > > Damian > > > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 4:08 PM John Harper <john.har...@vuw.ac.nz> wrote: > > > I did this in my Ubuntu 22.04 system with no trouble: > > > > > > (lf) john:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test > > > > > > but the next step failed: > > > > > > (lf) john:~$ sudo apt install gfortran-14 > > > Reading package lists... Done > > > Building dependency tree... Done > > > Reading state information... Done > > > Package gfortran-14 is not available, but is referred to by another > > > package. > > > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > > > is only available from another source > > > > > > E: Package 'gfortran-14' has no installation candidate > > > (lf) john:~$ > > > > > > What should I have done? > > > > > > -- John Harper, School of Mathematics and Statistics > > > Victoria Univ. of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand. > > > e-mail john.har...@vuw.ac.nz
