I tried to compile gcc 7.4 for my ubuntu-22.04 so that I could use the glmnet for my R package. I tried everything from the internet and it did not work. The error I have is :
#Error1 sanitizer_platform_limits_posix.lo] Error 1
#Error2 all-target-libsanitizer
In most of cases, internet ask me to sudo apt-get g++ 7. etc, but there is no resporitory to download this and no support.
I tried linux guy that ask me to compile with options like below: sudo ./configure --prefix=/home/software/GlobalModulesInstall/compilers/gcc/$version --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-multilib --disable-libsanitizer --disable-libcilkrts
it does not work and compile failed
There is a link discuss this issue and claim that this bug was fixed in later version, but I need exactly gcc 7.4
I tried to install lib package indpendently, no luck, not working.
The gcc 9.4 compile successfully and can be used, and I used gcc 9.4 to compile 7.4, it did not work. now I am compliling 4.8 and hope it could compile 7.4
I basically run out of any ideas and then I start thinking, hei, since I installed environment module, and this module says things about "protable" and environment independent. So I tried this non-sense method. I have a separate machine runing red hat 7 with environment module installed, so I just compile and install this gcc 7.4 on this machine in a certain folder. Then I just copy this installed gcc 7.4 with its module files from my rehl 7 machine to the ubuntu machine, and then with environment module, it works somehow. And now I can use glmnet from R.
So I am asking does anyone can make the damn gcc 7.4 compile work in this ubuntu 22.04
my current non-sense work around satisfies my need, but could be issue in future.
So if anyone desparetely need to run gcc 7.4 on ubuntu 22.04, could refer to my illogic methods:
- in a separate machine with REHL7, compile and install 7.4 under enviroment module
- copy paste installed 7.4 and its moduliefile to ubuntu.
- load 7.4 with enviorment in ubuntu and things suddenly start working.
Update: can't complile gcc 4.8.2 as well, start suspect Ubuntu has poor support for lower version of gcc
Update: I tried to compile with this 7.4 it did not work, but R glmnet does accept this gcc 7.4, so the package mv is just a work around, the gcc 7.4 was not functioning in ubuntu. I tried compile other gcc say 9.4, it worked and succeed. can anyone give me a hand on compile 7.4 in environment module ?
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I am just wonder why you are trying to compile gcc, when there is a perfectly good repository? Personally, I would start with :
sudo apt-get install gcc make cmake build-essential 
