On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:52:38 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > I recently installed Debian 6.0.0 i386 Squeeze on a system with NVIDIA > graphics. When I went to build/ install the proprietary NVIDIA video > driver, it wanted gcc. So I installed the Debian gcc package. The > NVIDIA installer then informed me that the version of gcc installed on > my system (4.4) did not match the version used to compile the kernel > (4.3). So, I installed the Debian package gcc-4.3, set the CC > environment variable, and installed the NVIDIA driver. > > > Why does Debian have, and I presume use (?), two versions of gcc?
Two versions? I'd say there are even more (3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5...) and I'm afraid this is not a Debian specific (other distributions should do the same way) :-) Different GCC versions may be needed to match different software compilation requirements. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.03.09.20.00...@gmail.com
