cannot use gcc even though it's installed.

levicc00123 · 09-06-2004, 03:19 PM

I have GCC on my debian machine and I'd like to use it for a programming course I'm taking. typing gcc or g++ does not work and when I try a search for them, I get nothing, even as root. What do I need to do?

emmkay · 09-06-2004, 03:36 PM

Hmm... strange. gcc is in the gcc package I have, in /usr/bin/gcc. As for g++, do you have the g++ package installed?

$ dpkg -l g++
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii g++ 3.3.4-2 The GNU C++ compiler

zero79 · 09-07-2004, 08:48 PM

do

Code:

whereis gcc

it should be in "/usr/bin." you could try "/usr/bin/gcc" to invoke it. if that doesn't work, gcc is not installed, so install it.

Code:

su -c "apt-get install gcc g++"