title: Installing gcc 4.8 on Debian
body: <p>I want to start playing around with some of the newer C++11 features and it appears that the best support for this is with gcc 4.8, and Squeeze ships with 4.4.5.</p>
  
  <p>However, I don't want to cause any "damage" to my current setup. What's the best way to get <em>both</em> versions of gcc running side-by-side? I'm concerned mostly at the large number of dependencies and that taking them all in to my current system may render it unstable.</p>
  
  <p>Has anyone managed to do this, and what are the steps involved?</p>
  
  <p>Failing that, I'll probably just create a VM and run an "unstable" Debian under that but it's a less-than-ideal solution.</p>