Many errors while installing gcc 3.4.6

[mc4man]

Not sure what your issue is but -
seems you're running a virtual 11.10 with no 11.10 repo support.
(11.10 is EOL, you need to switch your sources to the 'old-release' repo

The way it's showing the attempted install is a bit odd "Unpacking cpp-3.4:i386 " , ect. , don't usually see that though i've not used 11.10 for some time

cpp is failing on libc6, seems odd there, & there are more fails other than libstdc++6, - libgcc1, maybe others

So the main question is, Do you have the old-release repos enabled for oneiric?

The earliest I have is 12.04 32 bit - as you can see no issue with the 3.4 gcc packages (

doug@doug-XPS-M1330:/media/0a803857-8b6f-4332-82b4-85ebf8283805/home/doug/Desktop/gcc-3.4-32bit$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
[sudo] password for doug:
Selecting previously unselected package cpp-3.4.
(Reading database ... 291996 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cpp-3.4 (from cpp-3.4_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package g++-3.4.
Unpacking g++-3.4 (from g++-3.4_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package gcc-3.4.
Unpacking gcc-3.4 (from gcc-3.4_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package gcc-3.4-base.
Unpacking gcc-3.4-base (from gcc-3.4-base_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libstdc++6-dev.
Unpacking libstdc++6-dev (from libstdc++6-dev_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Setting up gcc-3.4-base (3.4.6-6ubuntu5) ...
Setting up cpp-3.4 (3.4.6-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up gcc-3.4 (3.4.6-6ubuntu5) ...
Setting up g++-3.4 (3.4.6-6ubuntu5) ...
Setting up libstdc++6-dev (3.4.6-6ubuntu5) ...
doug@doug-XPS-M1330:/media/0a803857-8b6f-4332-82b4-85ebf8283805/home/doug/Desktop/gcc-3.4-32bit$

[naga2raja]

You can just try the following.

$ sudo apt-cache search gcc

In the output list, if you find gcc-3.4.6 then you can straight away install using
$ sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4.6

I think that your trying to install multiple versions of gcc. You need to set different prefix while installing a new version.
http://gcc.gnu.org/faq.html#multiple

[Eredanne]

Not sure what your issue is but -
seems you're running a virtual 11.10 with no 11.10 repo support.
(11.10 is EOL, you need to switch your sources to the 'old-release' repo

The way it's showing the attempted install is a bit odd "Unpacking cpp-3.4:i386 " , ect. , don't usually see that though i've not used 11.10 for some time

cpp is failing on libc6, seems odd there, & there are more fails other than libstdc++6, - libgcc1, maybe others

So the main question is, Do you have the old-release repos enabled for oneiric?

The earliest I have is 12.04 32 bit - as you can see no issue with the 3.4 gcc packages (

http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/

I should add this to the sources.list, right?

[steeldriver]

Yep, I have to compile this code and no other version can compile it without errors...

I only need it to compile this code. My hosting service doesn't support any other ubuntu versions but, it supports some other ones. Should I go for it?

What exactly is "this code" and what kind of errors? Have you considered putting your effort into fixing the code so that it builds in your current environment - you may find it's a lot easier than getting a working gcc-3.4.6 based toolchain installed

Just a thought

[Eredanne]

What exactly is "this code" and what kind of errors? Have you considered putting your effort into fixing the code so that it builds in your current environment - you may find it's a lot easier than getting a working gcc-3.4.6 based toolchain installed

Just a thought

It's a Anatolia MUD codebase. I tried many versions of GCC in the past and gcc-3.4.6 is the most stable for this one every other one doesn't compile at all or give errors. It would take me days to fix it I assume.

[mc4man]

http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/

I should add this to the sources.list, right?

No, you need to add the repo for the EOL release you are using which is 11.10, oneiric.
The only packages you need or want from hardy you already have (the 5 prev. mentioned

How you properly add it i've never had reason to know, ask

[deadflowr]

No, you need to add the repo for the EOL release you are using which is 11.10, oneiric.
The only packages you need or want from hardy you already have (the 5 prev. mentioned

How you properly add it i've never had reason to know, ask

This works, somewhat

sudo sed -i -e 's/archive.ubuntu.com\|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

Make sure that each line says old-release, and not us.old-release, or gb.old-release, or whatever the mirror is.
Then run apt-get update and inevitably comment out the lines which come up with errors.

[mc4man]

Not sure what you're doing wrong, works fine on 11.10
(the command above from deadflower is good though for this you should have all needed already installed. I'd still do that so you can get any build related packages that aren;t default installed

Ex. - on a live cd of 11.10 amd64

ubuntu@ubuntu:/media/0a803857-8b6f-4332-82b4-85ebf8283805/home/doug/Desktop/gcc-3.4$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Selecting previously deselected package cpp-3.4.
(Reading database ... 130325 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cpp-3.4 (from cpp-3.4_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package g++-3.4.
Unpacking g++-3.4 (from g++-3.4_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package gcc-3.4.
Unpacking gcc-3.4 (from gcc-3.4_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package gcc-3.4-base.
Unpacking gcc-3.4-base (from gcc-3.4-base_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libstdc++6-dev.
Unpacking libstdc++6-dev (from libstdc++6-dev_3.4.6-6ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up gcc-3.4-base (3.4.6-6ubuntu5) ...
Setting up cpp-3.4 (3.4.6-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up gcc-3.4 (3.4.6-6ubuntu5) ...
Setting up g++-3.4 (3.4.6-6ubuntu5) ...
Setting up libstdc++6-dev (3.4.6-6ubuntu5) ...

ubuntu@ubuntu:/media/0a803857-8b6f-4332-82b4-85ebf8283805/home/doug/Desktop/gcc-3.4$ /usr/bin/gcc-3.4 -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/3.4.6/specs
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,pascal --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/3.4 --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --program-suffix=-3.4 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.6 (Ubuntu 3.4.6-6ubuntu5)

Note: after running deadflowers command & updating sources

sudo apt-get update
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Ign http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates InRelease
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric Release.gpg
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release.gpg
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric Release
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security Release
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates Release
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric/main i386 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric/main Translation-en
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com oneiric-updates/restricted Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done

Add.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy gcc
gcc:
Installed: 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5
Candidate: 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5
Version table:
*** 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 0
500 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy gcc-3.4
gcc-3.4:
Installed: 3.4.6-6ubuntu5
Candidate: 3.4.6-6ubuntu5
Version table:
*** 3.4.6-6ubuntu5 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$