Compiling for an Older OS version

[clay weber]

Abhishek Bisaria wrote:
> Hello,
> Is there a way of compiling a C++ code on a newer version of Linux which 
> would run on an older version.
> 
> My issue is that my application needs to run on a machine which has 
> quite an older version of Linux than my computer.
> My last resort is to re-install Linux on my computer but that would take 
> a lot of effort so I am trying to find an easier way.
> 
> Thanks
> --Abhishek
> 
> 

You can, but it basically means installing at least a base install of 
the older version on your newer computer if I am not mistaken. I am not 
familiar with the process. What distro is the older version? I know in 
Ubuntu, there is a system called pbuilder that allows packagers and 
developer work on things for multiple versions of Ubuntu, so there must 
be a method to do what you want.

Worst case scenario (assuming you are unable to compile software on the 
older machine at all) would be to use virtualbox on your new machine to 
install a virtual version of your older OS and compile it there

I am sure there are other options out there, though.

clay