why isn't there 'g++' with any of the new versions of gcc? I can't configure kdegraphics because the configuration script is looking for g++ and can't find it.

How do you compile c++ scripts with gcc? If it is by using gcc, I've tried makeing a symbolic link called g++ pointing to gcc. The configuration script still can't find a c++ compiler and terminates.


configure:2641: checking for g++
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for c++
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for gpp
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for aCC
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for CC
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for cxx
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for cc++
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for cl
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for FCC
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for KCC
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for RCC
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for xlC_r
configure:2667: result: no
configure:2641: checking for xlC
configure:2667: result: no

all the lines in the configuration script that call g++ give:
g++: command not found

well g++ is NOT gcc, why would it be called something else if it was the same program? gcc is a c compiler, g++ is a c++ compiler, which comes in the gcc-c++ package, which you could have easily found at rpmfind.net

I have gcc 3.1 installed. On the gcc site, they claim it compiles c, c++, java and almost everything else.

In my system g++ is just a symlink to gcc (well, there are symlinks to symlinks etc, but from g++ it gets to colorgcc, from gcc it gets to colorgcc).