I am trying install gcc-3.4.4 from source. I download and untar, copy the directory gcc-3.4.4 to the folder /usr/local/src. Then I run ./configure, which finishes without any problem. I then type make, and it shows the following error:

make[1]: bison: Command not found
make[1]: [java/parse.c] Error 127 (ignored)
gcc -c -g -O2 -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -Ijava -I. -I./java -I./../include java/parse.c -o java/parse.o
gcc: java/parse.c: No such file or directory
gcc: no input files
make[1]: *** [java/parse.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/gcc-3.4.4/gcc'
make: *** [all-gcc] Error 2

Am I missing packages or is it a different problem?

Please let me know what other information I should post to make it easier for someone to help me.

Thank you.

It says on the first line of your error message
bison: Command not found
You should apt-get install bison and probably flex too. Also, do you need a java compiler? You might want to configure gcc with --enable-languages=c,c++

Thank you for your reply.

popotito:/home/ernesto# apt-get install bison
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
bison: Depends: m4 but it is not going to be installed
cpp-3.3: Depends: gcc-3.3-base (< 1:3.3.4) but 1:3.3.5-8 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

popotito:/home/ernesto# apt-get install m4
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
cpp-3.3: Depends: gcc-3.3-base (< 1:3.3.4) but 1:3.3.5-8 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

popotito:/home/ernesto# apt-get install flex
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
cpp-3.3: Depends: gcc-3.3-base (< 1:3.3.4) but 1:3.3.5-8 is to be installed
flex: Depends: m4 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

popotito:/home/ernesto# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.3/specs
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f77,pascal,objc,ada,treelang --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/3.3 --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --enable-nls --without-included-gettext --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-debug --enable-java-gc=boehm --enable-java-awt=xlib --enable-objc-gc i486-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040401)

I think if I try "apt-get -f install" with no packages, I will uninstall many packages that I might need, like x-window-system-core and a bunch from gnome. Do I have to run this command and install those again?

Thank you

don't have a solution for your apt problem, but running "./configure" on gcc will not get you very far. there are some options you need to include to have a decent compiler. the one you are running now was configured with:

you should probably stick with that, and make a package of your build when you are done.

I ran ./configure --enable-languages=c,c++ and everything was going fine with make until the following error appeared.

checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... (cached) /home/ernesto/gcc-3.4.4/gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/home/ernesto/gcc-3.4.4/gcc/ -nostdinc++ -L/home/ernesto/gcc-3.4.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src -L/home/ernesto/gcc-3.4.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include -E
configure: error: C++ preprocessor " /home/ernesto/gcc-3.4.4/gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/home/ernesto/gcc-3.4.4/gcc/ -nostdinc++ -L/home/ernesto/gcc-3.4.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src -L/home/ernesto/gcc-3.4.4/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/local/i686-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include -E" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
make: *** [configure-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 1

config.log

configure:581: checking host system type
configure:602: checking target system type
configure:620: checking build system type
configure:675: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:2866: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar
configure:2899: checking for ar
configure:2938: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-as
configure:2971: checking for as
configure:3010: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-dlltool
configure:3043: checking for dlltool
configure:3082: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ld
configure:3115: checking for ld
configure:3154: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-nm
configure:3187: checking for nm
configure:3226: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib
configure:3259: checking for ranlib
configure:3298: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-windres
configure:3331: checking for windres
configure:3370: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-objcopy
configure:3403: checking for objcopy
configure:3442: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-objdump
configure:3475: checking for objdump
configure:3524: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar
configure:3557: checking for ar
configure:3596: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-as
configure:3629: checking for as
configure:3668: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-dlltool
configure:3701: checking for dlltool
configure:3740: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ld
configure:3773: checking for ld
configure:3812: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-nm
configure:3845: checking for nm
configure:3884: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ranlib
configure:3917: checking for ranlib
configure:3956: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-windres
configure:3989: checking for windres
configure:4056: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles


Before posting for help and trying to install gcc under the /usr/local/src directory, I had tried to do it on my home directory. I ran ./configure, make and make install, but things were not working. I ran make clean, erased the gcc-3.4.4 directory that was in my home directory, then copied the .tar.gz to /usr/local/src and tried to do it again. This is when I started posting for help.

I know I should have posted the whole story from the beginning, but just didn't think that it was necessary, since I thought make clean would do the trick. How do I get completely rid of the first install?

you either needed to make a package of the build or keep the source directory, deleting the source directory was not a good idea ( you can cd back into it and "make uninstall", note that not all packages will do this). also note the above configure command, ./configure --enable-languages=c,c++ is not enough, and the compiler produced will not be what you want ( you don't have to do the whole configure command above, for example if you just want the c & c++ front-ends, but you might want to at least throw in --enable-threads=posix, --enable-shared, and --enable-__cxa_atexit).