[Triumf-linux-users] Upgrading gcc on SLC 6.7

[Konstantin Olchanski]

On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 12:32:36PM -0700, Frederick Jones wrote:
> 
> I need to upgrade (or install) to gcc version 4.8.x in order
> to support the next version of Geant4.
> I heard this is also needed by Root.
> 
> Any pointers or advice?
> 
> I see that there is a package "Developer Toolset" available
> that contains gcc 4.8.2:
> http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/devtoolset/
> 
> Looks reasonable.  Has anyone tried this?
> 

el6 (SL6.7) is too out of date for this. Yes, you can kludge it (per above), but the world has moved on.

I would say for modern compilers, use Ubuntu or el7 (CentOS 7).

I would not recommend el7 (CentOS 7) for your personal desktop (yet), but it looks okey
to run on a special software development machine.

For a test, both the computing group (kel) and the daq group (me) have el7 machines where you can login and try things.

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