I want to have gcc-5 because I want c++14 support. So I removed the previous versions of gcc; gcc-4.8 and gcc-4.9 and installed gcc-5 and g++-5. But now when command gcc --version
it replies:
The program 'gcc' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install gcc
On the other hand, if I command sudo apt-get install gcc-5
, I get the reply gcc-5 is already the newest version
. But if I command sudo apt-get install gcc
it always tries to take gcc-4.8.
Why is this behaviour? How can I ensure I get gcc-5 when command sudo apt-get install gcc
.
Thanks.
/usr/bin/gcc
is usually a symbolic link to the default version of gcc for your system - which you've removed. You can either create a symbolic link manually, or invoke the desired version of gcc explicitly i.e.gcc-5 --version