title: Linking g++ 4.8 to libstdc++
body: <p>I downloaded and built gcc 4.8.1 on my desktop, running 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04. I built it out of source, like the docs recommend, and with the commands</p>
  
  <pre><code>../../gcc-4.8.1/configure --prefix=$HOME --program-suffix=-4.8
  make
  make -k check
  make install
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It seemed to pass all the tests, and I installed everything into my home directory w/ the suffix -4.8 to distinguish from the system gcc, which is version 4.6.3. </p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately when I compile c++ programs using g++-4.8 it links to the system libc and libstdc++ rather than the newer ones compiled from gcc-4.8.1. I downloaded and built gcc 4.8 because I wanted to play around with the new C++11 features in the standard library, so this behaviour is definitely not what I wanted. What can I do to get gcc-4.8 to automatically link to the standard libraries that came with it rather than the system standard libraries?  </p>