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07-03-2003, 09:07 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: aberdeen
Distribution: n/a
Posts: 18
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gcc or similar compiler needed.
I am looking for a nice easy to install a compiler on my
redhat 8 machine. I would like something that is easy
to install and requires as few other package dependencies
as possible. Thanks.  |
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07-03-2003, 09:12 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 42,711
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just install gcc from your distro cd's. it's sitting there waitingn for you...
you don't get a choice in it i'm afraid, you need gcc and everythign that it requires.
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07-03-2003, 09:25 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Sydney
Distribution: Debian, FreeBSD
Posts: 1,713
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If dependencies are a problem in general, try installing apt-get.
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07-03-2003, 09:31 AM
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Oricola, Italy
Distribution: RH 9, so far
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07-03-2003, 10:23 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: aberdeen
Distribution: n/a
Posts: 18
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Can I ask acid if he means the installaton cd's ?? as I only
received source code/docs/multimedia/installation cd's with
the server.
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07-03-2003, 10:35 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 42,711
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yeah the install discs... it *will* be on cd 1.
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07-07-2003, 05:53 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: aberdeen
Distribution: n/a
Posts: 18
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acid_kewpie I have looked on my disc one, but alas no easy to identify gcc or c compiler icon...... Can you elaborate ?
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