BYO LINUX: GCC 2.95.2 Install (10)

Next, we will be installing GCC 2.95.2 as our default compilers. It's interesting to note that with the release of 2.95.2, many compilers such as c, c++, fortran and others have been included in the package whereas older gcc compilers were only c compilers. This first install will be a static install. We'll re-install dynamically later. 

You should still be in Linux1 after you backed everything up in the last chapter. 

Goto the place your gcc-2.95.2 package is and unpack it there. Mine is in /root/origanals. Wherever it is, you will need to remember it's location later in order to create a symlink to it on linux2. 

Next, go into that gcc-2.95.2 directory and type the following: 
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./configure --enable-shared --disable-nls 
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make CFLAGS='-g -O2 -static' bootstrap (this will take about 30 minutes) 
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(Note: That's an O2, not a zero two) 

Next, reboot to linux2 and mount the system read-write. Mount linux1 as well. Since my GCC package was located in /root/origanals on linux1, I need to create a symlink on linux2. Type the following: 
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mkdir /root/origanals 
cd /root/origanals 
ln -s /mnt/linux1/root/origanals/gcc-2.95.2 gcc-2.95.2 (and yes, that is a space between the 2 and the g). 
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Next, goto /mnt/linux1/root/origanals/gcc-2.95.2 and type
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make install 
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Ignore any errors regarding a clock skew. Next, a few symlinks are necessary. Type the following: 
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ln -s /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc 
ln -s /usr/bin/cpp /lib/cpp 
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Remove the origanals directory and the symlink inside by typing rm -r dirname where dirname is the name of the directory. Remain in this distribution now, linux1 is no longer necessary except to access the downloaded packages.