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GCC, Environ paths and Vars(Nvidia drivers too)

Well, thing is, I don't understand them much.
See, I'm trying to install the Nvidia drivers to system. However, I always end up at the screen which tells me that my kernel was compiled with GCC 3.3 and I'm currently using GCC 4. Ok I can understand that. Then I search this forum on ways around it. I can either Recompile the Kernel or re-set my GCC path. Problem is, I don't know how.

I don't wanna recompile, seems like too much work, too much time, and uses too much harddrive space for my very little drive.

So ya, if anyone can help me make this thing use the GCC v3.3 I already have installed instead of the GCC v4 Thats the default. That would be great.

What distro are you using?

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Originally Posted by blahblahblah

What distro are you using?

Opps. haha, I thought I made that apparent. Debian Etch.

Ah, I already saw that thread(Doesn't help me with the error I'm getting.), and your first idea(before you editted) almost worked, but really it just gave me another error about not finding the development tool 'cc' in the path.

I thought the link would provide a better answer. The core problem seemed to be installing nVidia drivers on Etch, so I figured why beat around the bush?

Anyway, yeah, "ln -sf /usr/bin/gcc-3.3 /usr/bin/gcc" will make it use the older version, but that's rarely the only thing that has to be changed.

Could you post the error message?

This is for Ubuntu, but Ubuntu has a Debian base so it might at least help provide an idea.

I don't think it's the installation itself as it's the problem with the kernel being compiled differently from what I now have.

Here is the log file. The error I am focusing on is in bold.

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nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'

creation time: Fri Aug 25 19:09:00 2006



option status:

  license pre-accepted    : false

  update                  : false

  force update            : false

  expert                  : false

  uninstall              : false

  driver info            : false

  precompiled interfaces  : true

  no ncurses color        : false

  query latest version    : false

  OpenGL header files    : true

  no questions            : false

  silent                  : false

  no recursion            : false

  no backup              : false

  kernel module only      : false

  sanity                  : false

  add this kernel        : false

  no runlevel check      : false

  no network              : false

  no ABI note            : false

  no RPMs                : false

  no kernel module        : false

  force SELinux          : default

  force tls              : (not specified)

  X install prefix        : (not specified)

  X library install path  : (not specified)

  X module install path  : (not specified)

  OpenGL install prefix  : (not specified)

  OpenGL install libdir  : (not specified)

  utility install prefix  : (not specified)

  utility install libdir  : (not specified)

  doc install prefix      : (not specified)

  kernel name            : (not specified)

  kernel include path    : (not specified)

  kernel source path      : (not specified)

  kernel output path      : (not specified)

  kernel install path    : (not specified)

  proc mount point        : /proc

  ui                      : (not specified)

  tmpdir                  : /tmp

  ftp mirror              : ftp://download.nvidia.com

  RPM file list          : (not specified)



Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface

-> License accepted.

-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li

  ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f

  rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: No)

-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means

  that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.

ERROR: Unable to find the development tool `cc` in your path; please make sure

      that you have the package 'gcc' installed.  If gcc is installed on your

      system, then please check that `cc` is in your PATH.

ERROR: Installation has failed.  Please see the file

      '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details.  You may find suggestions

      on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux

      driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

/usr/bin/cc is usually just a link to /usr/bin/gcc (try "ls -l /usr/bin/cc" to see what it is now). Since you don't want to use /usr/bin/gcc, try "ln -sf /usr/bin/gcc-3.3 /usr/bin/cc".