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LFS 7.4 in Fedora 19 C++ compiler not found error

Since I like a challenge, I'm attempting to build LFS 7.4 in Fedora 19 x64.

Below is the code from the version-check script, after bringing the host into compliance by downloading a few packages.

I get stuck on Chapter 5.5, installing Glibc for the first time. After running 'make', I get an error stating that C++ compiler is not found or is not usable, and am unable to proceed further.

Another interesting point is that while I have all of the packages required by the book, the versions in some cases are not the latest required by the book even when using yum to install them. For example, Glibc is version 2.17, but the book recommends 2.18 or later. Any idea why when I try to install via yum it tells me my version 2.17 is already the latest?

Code:

bash, version 4.2.45(1)-release

/bin/sh -> /usr/bin/bash

Binutils: version 2.23.52.0.1-8.fc19 20130226

bison (GNU Bison) 2.6.4

/usr/bin/yacc -> /usr/bin/yacc

bzip2,  Version 1.0.6, 6-Sept-2010.

Coreutils:  8.21

diff (GNU diffutils) 3.3

find (GNU findutils) 4.5.11

GNU Awk 4.0.2

/usr/bin/awk -> /usr/bin/gawk

gcc (GCC) 4.8.2 20131017 (Red Hat 4.8.2-1)

(GNU libc) 2.17

grep (GNU grep) 2.14

gzip 1.5

Linux version 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (mockbuild@bkernel01.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 4.8.1 20130603 (Red Hat 4.8.1-1) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Tue Jun 11 19:39:38 UTC 2013

m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.16

GNU Make 3.82

GNU patch 2.7.1

Perl version='5.16.3';

sed (GNU sed) 4.2.2

tar (GNU tar) 1.26

Texinfo: makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 5.1

xz (XZ Utils) 5.1.2alpha

gcc compilation OK

maybe you need:

Code:

sudo yum install gcc-c++

Install build essentials maybe it'll help as it already contains c++ compiler

Quote:

Originally Posted by engineer (Post 5079800)

Any idea why when I try to install via yum it tells me my version 2.17 is already the latest?

Because yum does not look on the developers website for a new version, but in the distro's repository. For Fedora 19 the latest version is 2.17 and this will very likely not change. Exchanging the glibc on a binary distribution is prone to failure and therefore very rarely happens. If you want a newer glibc you will have to go for Fedora 20.

Besides that, Fedora is not by default a good system to build LFS, have a look here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ed-4175485207/

I know, I saw the post, which is of course what made me want to try it. :) I've built it successfully a couple of times on F17 (LFS 7.1 though). I did also see that druuna was able to get along to at least Chapter 6 with no real issues. I tried installing gcc-c++ as suggested above, and received a different error this time (can't remember off the top of my head). Tonight I'll probably reinstall F19 and try again. If that doesn't work, maybe Arch or Slack is the next challenge!

I don't know about Arch, but with Slackware you won't have any problems, it is compliant for building LFS out of the box.