Installing some compiling tools

NEELIX_USR · 01-14-2009, 09:22 PM

I have a bare bones linux install (ttylinux). My questions is; how do I install a toolset so that I can compile from source onto my installation?

From what I understand, I need a compiler and a linker to be able to natively compile on my distro, but I have NO CLUE where to start. From what I've read, it's kind of like the old "chicken or the egg" questions.

How can I compile GCC from source when I don't have a compiler installed?

Thanks in advance for any help...

greeneagle · 01-15-2009, 05:22 AM

I don't know ttylinux. I would guess that looking for packages specifically for ttylinux would be the best place to start.

You probably should be looking for binutils (linker + assembler) + gcc and make?

gcc at least needs some kind of c compiler and make to get started. Part of the a gcc build when starting with a native compiler is recompiling itself with the newly built gcc. And repeating that again. It's nice to experience that - but a bit of work

You will need to read lots of manuals I think.

Have fun!

James.

NEELIX_USR · 01-15-2009, 08:33 AM

I have done a LFS build, so I am atleast a little familiar with installing BINUTILS, albeit that was in a controlled environment (followed the book) so I'll give that a shot.

Do you know if there's a way (simple enough) to run a LiveCD with a build environment installed, and then compile and install it to my TTYLinux install (similar to the way LFS does it?)