GCC issue in 64 bit Linux

arya · 04-19-2007, 02:18 PM

Hi, I am trying install R (64 bit) on 64 bit machine with with gcc version 3.4.2 installed. Executing gcc –v gave me following out put.
Reading specs from /mypath /Linux/src/gcc/gcc-3.4.3/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.3/specs
Configured with: ../src/gcc-3.4.3/configure --prefix=/mypath /Linux/src/gcc/gcc-3.4.3
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.3

When I run configure command to generate make file. I got following errors (in my config.log file)

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. /tmp/ccv2oqk7.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccv2oqk7.s:6: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `push'
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configure:4103: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

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I also tried using gcc –m64 option instead of just gcc (in CC field), but in that case I got following error message.

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sorry, unimplemented: 64-bit mode not compiled in

After trying to complile it with different options, I tried to compile a simple hello world type program, but I got exactly same type of errors. However the program complied perfectly in other 32 bit Linux machine. Also, I successfully complied my hello world program with –m64 option in solaris machine.

So, I guess its some configuration issue with that particular machine, but I couldn’t figure out what it is. Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you

By the way, gcc is installed in NFS and used by all Linux machine both 32 and 64.

trickykid · 04-19-2007, 02:33 PM

This is just a wild guess but when I have problems with gcc on 64 bit machines usually dealing with VMware, I had to install gcc.i386 for some things to compile..

yum install gcc.i386

arya · 04-19-2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by trickykid

This is just a wild guess but when I have problems with gcc on 64 bit machines usually dealing with VMware, I had to install gcc.i386 for some things to compile..

yum install gcc.i386

Hi, thank you very much for the answer. Could you please tell me, what is the difference between gcc-i386 and current gcc I have? . Also, can I build 64 bit application with this complier (gcc.i386)? As I want to build 64 bit version R in the current machine. By the way, I am not using VMware. Thank you.