Re: How to force compilerversion

[Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de>]

Hello Hans,

Hans wrote:
> Hi folks, 
> 
> for kali-linux I need to build a kernel-module (it is the nvidia kernel 
> module).
> 
> Make module does not work, as it says, kernel is build with gcc-10 and 
> installed is gcc-11.
> 
> Setting IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH is set to 1 (which is default).
> 
> How can I set the environment, to use the older gcc version once, without 
> deinstalling gcc-11 or killing my whole system?

Kali is not Debian, but CC=/usr/bin/gcc-10 sh nvidia-installer as root
should work, assuming that you have GCC 10 installed.

You should consider using the nvidia driver package of Kali, if one exists.

You should also consider using Debian. :-)