prosseek Asked: 2011-03-31 10:37:22 +0800 CST2011-03-31 10:37:22 +0800 CST 2011-03-31 10:37:22 +0800 CST How to downgrade gcc from 4.4.4 to 4.2.1? 772 The newest Ubuntu (10.10) has gcc version 4.4.4, but I need 4.2.1 for compilation issues. The library that I'm using requires me to use 4.2.1. How can I downgrade the gcc to a specific version? gcc 1 Answers Voted Best Answer micahg 2011-03-31T17:46:04+08:002011-03-31T17:46:04+08:00 You can't really downgrade gcc. However, if you don't need 4.2.1 specifically, but 4.2.x, you can install Ubuntu 8.04 which will continue to have the gcc-4.2 packages supported for another 2 years.
You can't really downgrade gcc. However, if you don't need 4.2.1 specifically, but 4.2.x, you can install Ubuntu 8.04 which will continue to have the
gcc-4.2packages supported for another 2 years.