How do I install g++ 4.5 on ubuntu 10.10?

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 19:12 -0500, K. Frank wrote:
> Hi Ric -
> 
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 18:46 -0500, K. Frank wrote:
> >> (It may have complained
> >> about missing dependencies -- I don't remember precisely.)
> >
> > That, I think, is the core of your problem. I just checked the depends
> > on my installed version of g++ and it lists several ~major~ packages
> > that I don't think I'd dink with, like gcc. Any newer version of g++
> > would have to have those satisfied, so please report the error messages
> > you received. I'm thinking this is not minor stuff. Ric
> 
> Well, here's one example:
> 
> I right click on:
> 
>    gcc-4.5_4.5.1-10ubuntu1_i386.deb
> 
> and select "Open With Ubuntu Software Center."
> 
> Ubuntu Software Center displays the message:
> 
>    Dependency is not satisfiable: gcc-4.5-base (= 4.5.1-10ubuntu1)
> 
> (Remember that my system is not in the same state as
> it was the first time I tried this -- I have since run dpkg
> and Synaptic, as described in my previous posting.)
> 
> Thanks for your help.
I wasn't much help, but figured I'd trigger a bigger brain into thinking
about this. You'd have to install a complete gcc 4.5 system to satisfy
this, and methinks it's a shiny red button issue. Anyone?? Yes or no??
Doable? Ric
 

-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
Linux user# 44256