vmware wants C compiler
 

i'm new to linux
just installed fedora core 5
when installing vmware its says it needs the path to a c compiler to finish the install.

i can't find one on the Add/Remove software list.
what would it be called?
thanks :)

You're looking for gcc and it should be under "Development tools" (or something similarly titled).

yes now I see it, but development tools is checked off as if installed, but gcc isn't anywhere under applications. I searched for gcc in the file manager and nothing comes up. where does it go?

The executable for gcc is normally found in /usr/bin. Try running "locate gcc" in a terminal and see if it returns anything. Are you sure all the development packages are installed? IIRC, the "Add/remove applications" thing tells you how many packages (out of the total) for a given category (e.g. development, server, etc) are installed. This may be incorrect, as I haven't used Fedora for ages.

You could also try running "yum install gcc" to install it via yum, which should resolve dependencies.

However, try locate first and see what it returns.