how to install older version of gcc on debian

Question

I know there are bunch of references on stackoverflow or other resources, but I couldn't find any applicable solution.

Followings are some of the solution I tried.

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.5
sudo apt install gcc-4.5

gives error E: Package 'gcc-4.5' has no installation candidate

deb http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main

gives error E: The repository 'http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease' is not signed.

sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

gives error E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/gcc/ubuntu kinetic Release' does not have a Release file.

I'm really stuck on this simple problem for a few days. Thanks for your help.

Do not do it. It is too complex and you risk to broke your environment. Just install a docker image or a virtual machine and install a old version of Debian or Ubuntu. it is much quicker (and safer, because you do not break dependencies) — Giacomo Catenazzi, Sep 13 '22 at 08:39
You can have multiple versions of gcc installed. Please see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63593100/how-to-install-older-version-of-gcc-3-or-gcc-4-in-ubuntu-20 — Manuel Alves, Apr 28 '23 at 17:23

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