Cannot install gcc4.2-c++ package.

milarze · 05-06-2011, 06:10 AM

Hello
I am very new to linux, so please bear with my ignorance.

I am running Mandriva Linux 2010.2 KDE on my Dell Dimension 5150 desktop. Using the software manager, I tried selecting the gcc4.2-c++ package for the compiler but I get the message:

Quote:

Sorry, the following package cannot be selected:

- gcc4.2-c++-4.2.3-6mnb2.i586

Can anyone tell me what is wrong?

Thank you

knudfl · 05-06-2011, 10:29 AM

May be : # urpmi.update -a

The command # urpmi gcc4.2-c++
... installs gcc4.2-c++ here without any problems.

'gcc4.2-c++' is in the main repo :
http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.f.../main/release/

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milarze · 05-07-2011, 02:52 AM

I ran the two commands, and I got:

Code:

[root@localhost ezralim]# urpmi.update -a
medium "Main" is up-to-date
medium "Contrib Updates" is up-to-date
medium "Non-free" is up-to-date
medium "Non-free Updates" is up-to-date
medium "PLF Free" is up-to-date
medium "PLF Non-free" is up-to-date
medium "PLF Free2" is up-to-date
medium "PLF Non-free2" is up-to-date
medium "PLF Free3" is up-to-date
medium "PLF Non-free3" is up-to-date
[root@localhost ezralim]# urpmi gcc4.2-c++
The following packages can't be installed because they depend on packages
that are older than the installed ones:
glibc-devel-2.11.1-8mnb2
gcc4.2-4.2.3-6mnb2
gcc4.2-c++-4.2.3-6mnb2
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n)

Should I continue? Or do I have to install older packages?

knudfl · 05-07-2011, 05:41 AM

It seems that you have an updated glibc*. (I have the release version.)

Suggest : # rpm -Uvh --nodeps gcc4.2-4.2.3-6mnb2* gcc4.2-c++-4.2.3-6mnb2*

It shouldn't really matter, that glibc* was updated.
I can only see the issue as an error in the gcc4.2 install scripts.

milarze · 05-08-2011, 08:32 AM

I did as you suggested and I got this:

Quote:

# rpm -Uvh --nodeps gcc4.2-4.2.3-6mnb2* gcc4.2-c++-4.2.3-6mnb2*
error: File not found by glob: gcc4.2-4.2.3-6mnb2*
error: File not found by glob: gcc4.2-c++-4.2.3-6mnb2*

So i guess I dont have the file.

knudfl · 05-08-2011, 02:18 PM

If you have downloaded the files at your install attempt,
using the 'software manager', they may still be present in
/var/cache/urpmi/rpms/ .

Else you will have to download both packages :
32bits
http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.f.../main/release/
64bits
http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.f.../main/release/
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milarze · 05-09-2011, 12:05 AM

Does that mean I have to install both packages as well?

milarze · 05-09-2011, 12:11 AM

Now when I try to install the 64bit package, I get this:

Quote:

[root@localhost Downloads]# urpmi gcc4.2-c++-4.2.3-6mnb2.x86_64.rpm
Incompatible architecture for rpm [gcc4.2-c++-4.2.3-6mnb2.x86_64.rpm]
error registering local packages
[root@localhost Downloads]#

I am wondering now if I downloaded the correct file.

knudfl · 05-09-2011, 04:03 AM

Sorry, it was indicated in post # 1, that you have "i586" = 32bits.

Required packages : 1) gcc4.2-4.2.3-6mnb2.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distrib...6mnb2.i586.rpm
2) gcc4.2-c++-4.2.3-6mnb2.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distrib...6mnb2.i586.rpm

The rpm.pbone provided "ftp.sunet.se" link (devel) is much faster
than the direct Mandriva link ( //distrib-coffee.ipsl..).

Official link "ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/Mandriva/official/2010.2" =
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distrib.../main/release/

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milarze · 05-09-2011, 11:42 PM

I still get the message that packages can´t be installed because they depend on other packages older than those installed. Anyone have an idea what I should do?

Thanks!

knudfl · 05-10-2011, 03:35 AM

1) # rpm -Uvh --nodeps gcc4.2-4.2.3-6mnb2.i586.rpm

2) # rpm -Uvh --nodeps gcc4.2-c++-4.2.3-6mnb2.i586.rpm

milarze · 05-12-2011, 01:00 AM

Thanks! It seems to install properly now, but I still get the message that packages can´t be installed because they depend on other packages older than those installed, this occurs when I try to install Code::blocks. If I continue with the installation, it kind of installs but i can´t use the program.

Quote:

[root@localhost Downloads]# urpmi codeblocks-10.05-0.mdv2010.i586.rpm
The following packages can't be installed because they depend on packages
that are older than the installed ones:
glibc-devel-2.11.1-8mnb2
gcc-4.4.3-2mnb2
libwxgtku2.8-devel-2.8.10-6mdv2010.1
libmesaglu1-devel-7.8.1-6mdv2010.1
codeblocks-10.05-0.mdv2010
libSDL-devel-1.2.14-1mdv2010.1
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) y
[root@localhost Downloads]#

There´s nothing after this and I can´t run Code::Blocks on my machine either.

Thanks!

knudfl · 05-13-2011, 03:26 AM

Version 10.05 : codeblocks-10.05-0.mdv2010.i586.rpm is really too old.
It is not the version for 2010.2.

Please use : codeblocks-10.05-1mdv2010.1.i586.rpm from
"Mandriva/official/2010.2/i586/media/contrib/backports/"
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/dist...010.1.i586.rpm

ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/dist...rib/backports/

Quote:

Continue installation anyway? (Y/n) y

No means : Nothing gets installed.
Yes means: Nothing gets installed. Unless everything fits together.
It's a peculiarity with urpmi / the 'Package Installer' :
Has been that way all years.
( I started out with Mandrake 8.2, year 2002 ( Slackware 8.1 was my main OS.))

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dimpleboy · 05-13-2011, 08:08 AM

im not sure with this, but isn't there any compatibility issue/requirement issue between the gcc4.2-c++ against your machine?

knudfl · 05-13-2011, 08:26 AM

If you mean any install problems : No.
Everything is installed smoothly, with no errors at all.

If you mean using the gcc4.2-c++ compiler, then please tell
which errors this is about.