- install dependencies
yum update
yum install -y glibc-static libstdc++-static
yum install gcc gcc-c++
yum install bzip2
2. download gcc 4.9.4 source code from gcc official site
3. Decompression
tar -zxvf gcc-4.9.4.tar.gz
cd gcc-4.9.4
4. run dependencies script
./contrib/download_prerequisites
5. compile and install
./configure --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-multilib
make -j4
make install
6. set environment variables
(if you have gcc-4.8.5 already, this is one way to do this, not the only way.)
edit ~/.bashrc and add :
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
7. check version
gcc -v