Errors installing gcc on RHEL 4
 

[root@localhost ~]# cd /usr/lib
[root@localhost lib]# find gcc-lib
gcc-lib
gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux
gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96
gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/crtend.o
gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/libgcc_eh.a
gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/crtbegin.o
gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/crtbeginS.o
gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/libgcc.a
gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/crtendS.o


[root@localhost ~]# cd /usr/libexec/
[root@localhost libexec]# find gcc
gcc
gcc/i386-redhat-linux
gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.3
gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.3/cc1
gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.5







[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep gcc
libgcc-3.4.5-2
compat-libgcc-296-2.96-132.7.2




[root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh gcc-version.rpm
error: open of gcc-version.rpm failed: No such file or directory


i tried installing libpcap got following results

[root@localhost libpcap-1.0.0]# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

Why not use YUM to work out the dependencies for you? RPM is still vaulable, but my whitebox system uses YUM.
eg yum info gcc.

No error message was so informative. The reason that gcc-version.rpm didn't get installed is because it doesn't exist. The magical trick to getting rpm to work is to provide it with the name of an actual file, one that actually exists in reality.

1. Before moving on to step (2), make sure the file you intend to install is present on your computer. One way to do this is to create a directory listing and read the file names in the directory. If one of the names in the directory listing matches the file you intend to install, then it's all right to move on to step 2. Otherwise it is not all right to move on to step 2.

2. # rpm -ivh (filename)

3. You do understand, don't you, that when I type "rpm (filename)", that my typing (filename) is just a make-believe example file name, and you're supposed to replace (filename) with an actual file name that is located on your computer, in your house. Yes?

4. If this is all too overwhelming, try starting again at step (1) above. This time read more slowly.

Yum is not installed by default , Redhat EL 4.
'up2date' is used to get packages from Redhat,
if you remembered to sign up .. and pay.

The system gcc is 3.4.x , the latest update is
3.4.6-11 ( gcc-3.4.6-11.i386.rpm )
gcc4 = gcc4-4.1.2-44.EL4.i386.rpm is available too.
( You can have as many compilers, as you want.)
Example link for these packages :
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4.8/...6/CentOS/RPMS/

If you don't have a Redhat account , and not wanting
one, why not install the free version of Redhat EL =
CentOS ...
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The command # 'rpm -ivh <package>' is a one time /
first time only for that package.
The versatile command is 'rpm -Uvh <package>' .
Please read 'man rpm' to see why.
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