GCC installation .

pinga123 · 11-23-2010, 01:48 AM

I m trying to Install FTP (vsftpd-2.3.2) on my linux machine.

Code:

# lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    :core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: EnterpriseEnterpriseServer
Description:    Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Carthage)
Release:        5.2
Codename:       Carthage
# uname -r
2.6.18-92.el5

While installing neccessory packages for ftp functioning I m getting error while issuing make .

Code:

# make
gcc -c main.c -O2 -Wall -W -Wshadow  -idirafter dummyinc
make: gcc: Command not found
make: *** [main.o] Error 127

I think there is no gcc installed on my machine.

Code:

# which gcc
/usr/bin/which: no gcc in (/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin)

Does it mean i will make able to install any software that requires make or just some software that requires gcc?

I have tried to download gcc from http://gcc.gnu.org/ but unable to do so as i got confused over which one to choose and install.I dont want to install wrong gcc for my distribution.

Why does gcc is required and not there in the OS by default?

Please help.

knudfl · 11-23-2010, 02:35 AM

GCC is a development tool. Not installed by default on RH EL 5.

# yum install gcc glibc-devel
.. will provide a gcc + files required to compile.

Quote:

I have tried to download gcc from ...gcc.gnu.org

You cannot build gcc, when you have no compiler = gcc.
..
..

# yum install vsftpd : Will provide version 2.0.5.
Is also available on the install DVD or the cd, disk 2,
which also includes gcc, gcc-c++ , etc. etc.
..

pinga123 · 11-23-2010, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

GCC is a development tool. Not installed by default on RH EL 5.

# yum install gcc glibc-devel
.. will provide a gcc + files required to compile.

You cannot build gcc, when you have no compiler = gcc.
..
..

# yum install vsftpd : Will provide version 2.0.5.
Is also available on the install DVD or the cd, disk 2,
which also includes gcc, gcc-c++ , etc. etc.
..

Thanks for the info but it seems like Yum is not able to download the package.Do i need to specify another keywork for vsftpd?

Quote:

# yum install vsftpd
Loading "security" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package vsftpd available.
Nothing to do

bsat · 11-24-2010, 03:04 AM

You can try
yum list vsftp* to see all the packages that have name similar to your's which are available for insatll, if yum list fails to show the package you are looking for, try running

yum update

Then try yum list again.

If it still does not list the package that you want, then you might have to add relevant repos into your repos list.

knudfl · 11-24-2010, 11:53 AM

Redhat EL5 software repos consist of certain groups.

May be "The group with vsftp" isn't enabled.

Suggest : Ask Redhat how to do it.

..

theNbomr · 11-24-2010, 02:00 PM

On a RHEL5 clone, I did

Code:

yum search vsftp

It returned

Code:

vsftpd.i386 : vsftpd - Very Secure Ftp Daemon

I could then do

Code:

sudo yum install vsftpd

--- rod.

pinga123 · 11-25-2010, 04:06 AM

This is the exact problem

Quote:

Simple: yum doesn't care about any subscription, as you can configure alternative update channels. It just can't see the contents of the official Red Hat repositories and thinks they are empty.

From my point of view you've got 2 options:

1. Get an official subscription
2. Move to an non-subscription based distribution. CentOS, for example, is built from the same sources as RHEL, using the same settings. The only difference is that any Red Hat specific payable software isn't available, and you don't have guaranteed support.

Should you go for option 'b', there's a Migration Guide on the CentOS wiki.