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The newest Ubuntu (10.10) has gcc version 4.4.4, but I need 4.2.1 for compilation issues. The library that I'm using requires me to use 4.2.1.

How can I downgrade the gcc to a specific version?

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You can't really downgrade gcc. However, if you don't need 4.2.1 specifically, but 4.2.x, you can install Ubuntu 8.04 which will continue to have the gcc-4.2 packages supported for another 2 years.

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  • Once installed, you can usually build your library by specifying the environment variable "CC" as "CC=gcc-4.2 .../build/command"
    – Kees Cook
    Apr 1, 2011 at 0:04

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