Re: Upgrading gcc

Marco Moock <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 12:10:20 +0200
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 03.08.26 um 08:05 schrieb Charlie Gibbs:
> I'm currently helping a friend upgrade his copy of Darktable.
> The latest snag is that the build process wants GCC 12, while
> his machine, running Mint 21, only has GCC 11.  After scanning
> the web for advice, I've tried to upgrade the compiler.  At
> best I got to where typing "gcc --version" on the command line
> reports version 12, but Darktable's build.sh still managed to
> find (and reject) the old GCC 11.  Any ideas, short of doing
> a dist-upgrade to Mint 22?

Is gcc11 still installed?

Maybe it picks that by using a full path.

Is there any reason not to upgrade the OS?

-- 
Gruß
Marco

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