Question about Installing GCC

Rituparna · 06-24-2009, 10:04 AM

I am trying to install GCC on my RHEL5. I keep getting stuck because of all the prerequisites needed. Is there any way I can get these prerequisites in a bundle or do I have to go through the hassle of getting each one separately?

Uncle_Theodore · 06-24-2009, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rituparna

I am trying to install GCC on my RHEL5. I keep getting stuck because of all the prerequisites needed. Is there any way I can get these prerequisites in a bundle or do I have to go through the hassle of getting each one separately?

I think this tutorial can help you.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-i...piler-on-rhel/

farslayer · 06-24-2009, 11:02 AM

You might use the package manager and the groupinstall function

yum install yum-utils
yum grouplist

Code:

Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
Setting up Group Process
Installed Groups:
   Engineering and Scientific
   Graphics
   Network Servers
   System Tools
Available Groups:
   Administration Tools
   Authoring and Publishing
   Development Tools
   Editors
   Educational Software
   FTP Server
   Fedora Packager
   GNOME Desktop Environment
   GNOME Software Development
   Games and Entertainment
   Graphical Internet
   Hardware Support
   KDE (K Desktop Environment)
   KDE Software Development
   Mail Server
   News Server
   Office/Productivity
   Sound and Video
   Text-based Internet
   Web Development
   Web Server
   Window Managers
   X Window System
Done

yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

That should handle everythig for you...

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Rituparna · 06-24-2009, 12:07 PM

Thanks for the responses. farslayer, when I do "yum grouplist," this is the message I get:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# yum grouplist
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
Setting up Group Process
Error: No group data available for configured repositories

lazlow · 06-24-2009, 12:28 PM

yum install gcc

Should get gcc and all it's dependencies.

Rituparna · 06-24-2009, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by lazlow

yum install gcc

Should get gcc and all it's dependencies.

I initally tried that and was able to install GCC successfully. However, when I was trying to install a program from a makefile, this is the error message I received:

Code:

[Ritu@localhost src]$ make
g77     -c -o blas.o blas.f
make: g77: Command not found
make: *** [blas.o] Error 127

Shouldn't g77 come with the GCC compiler?

tredegar · 06-24-2009, 12:51 PM

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Shouldn't g77 come with the GCC compiler?

g77 is the GNU Fortran 77 compiler
gcc is the GNU C compiler

They are different.

Looks like you need to install g77

lazlow · 06-24-2009, 12:55 PM

You MIGHT need the gcc-gfortran package(it has been a while since I messed with fortran).

Edit: or maybe the compat-gcc-34-g77 package.

farslayer · 06-24-2009, 02:01 PM

Error: No group data available for configured repositories

You do have a valid RHN subscription right ?

I would suggest contacting RedHat support for your issue, something must be wrong since you can't seem to install software on your Commercial version of Linux.

If you don't have a subscription, maybe you should be using CentOS 5....

Rituparna · 06-24-2009, 03:08 PM

Okay, thank you. I was able to get g77 through the Package Updater.