We have a new application that requires glibc 2.4 (from gcc 4.1). The machine we have runs on has gcc 3.4.6. We can not upgrade, and the application must be run on this machine.
We installed gcc 4.1, however, when it comes to compile time it is using all the includes, etc, from 3.4.6.
How do we get around this?
Any suggestions on using 4.1 for just this application?
for Ubuntu it's pretty easy
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
and then install for example gcc version 6
sudo apt-get install gcc-6
Have you tried gcc-select? Otherwise, try setting the INCLUDE_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH in your shell.
update-alternatives is a very good way to have multiple gcc versions:
http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-install-and-setup-gcc-4-1g4-1-in-ubuntu-10-0410-10
You possibly still execute the old gcc. Try making a symlink from gcc to your version of it, like
ln -s gcc-4.1 gcc
Beware of not removing an old "gcc" binary placed there, in case they placed not just a symlink. If you can recompile your own gcc version, the safest is just use another prefix at configure time of gcc, something like --prefix=/home/jojo/usr/gcc (i did it that way with gcc-4.4 from svn-trunk, and it worked great).
Note that that just runs the right gcc version. If you update your gcc, your glibc won't be updated automatically too. It's a separate package which is deeply coupled with the rest of the system. Be careful when installing another glibc version.
