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

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 17:14 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> On 11/18/2010 05:01 PM, Mark wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:12 PM, K. Frank <kfrank29.c at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi 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)
> >>
> > This tells me that the 4.5 release of gcc for Ubuntu is not ready to go yet.
> > 
> > Gcc and all of its attached and associated goodies are a huge package
> > of packages that all have to work together or none will work at all
> > (or, worse, they will look like they work and break everything else).
> > 
> > If NoOp's suggestion doesn't work for you, I'd give a serious rethink
> 
> I was incorrect in my first post because he referred to natty in the OP.
> 4.5 is available as a package in Maverick 10.10:
> 
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/g++-4.5
> Using apt-get to install should pull in all required dependencies:
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-4.5
> 
> As a test, I've just installed it:
> 
> $ apt-cache policy g++-4.5
> g++-4.5:
>   Installed: 4.5.1-7ubuntu2
>   Candidate: 4.5.1-7ubuntu2
>   Version table:
>  *** 4.5.1-7ubuntu2 0
>         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64
> Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

heh, since he didn't sign that message and there are no further posts
from N00P, I guess his machine blew up? :) Ric


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