How to use a different STL with g++

Question

Hello,

I want to use a different STL with g++ instead of its default libstdc++. What is the easiest way to do this?

I found -nostdinc++ flag which inhibits g++ from looking for its STL headers but this is only a compile time thing. It will still make g++ link against its own STL.

So I need to find a way to inhibit the linking.

Thanks!

Answer 1

One easy method is to build with gcc rather than g++ - this won't link in the default C++ libraries, but will still compile .cpp files as C++ code. You will have to specify your alternative libraries explicitly on the command line.

Answer 2

You might try to use the STLport instead of the default gcc stl implementation. In my Ubuntu when I install the package there is a library for static linking (/usr/lib/libstlport.a). This is just a guessing I don't know if it will actually work.