GCC without the use of YUM

jbennett · 04-24-2012, 10:09 AM

I am having one heck of a time trying to install GCC without the use of YUM. I have tried various methods of using our proxy here at work, but nothing seems to work.

I need to get GCC on our system, but cannot use YUM.

This is CentOS 6.2 on a virtual machine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Snark1994 · 04-24-2012, 10:11 AM

Why can you not use yum? You could theoretically compile from source, but it's almost always a better idea to use a package manager if you have one available...

EDIT: or you could find and download an rpm, and use the 'rpm' command to install it. But my question regarding YUM stands!

jbennett · 04-24-2012, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jbennett

I have tried various methods of using our proxy here at work, but nothing seems to work.

See above...

suicidaleggroll · 04-24-2012, 10:47 AM

You should be able to set up the install DVD as a repo for yum, so it can grab the files straight off of the DVD without having to go through the net.

jbennett · 04-24-2012, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicidaleggroll

You should be able to set up the install DVD as a repo for yum, so it can grab the files straight off of the DVD without having to go through the net.

I am not certain about how to go about doing this. Any links to detailed instructions?

suicidaleggroll · 04-24-2012, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbennett

I am not certain about how to go about doing this. Any links to detailed instructions?

Hopefully this will help:
http://www.ehowstuff.com/how-to-setu...on-centos-6-2/

jbennett · 04-24-2012, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicidaleggroll

Hopefully this will help:
http://www.ehowstuff.com/how-to-setu...on-centos-6-2/

Unfortunately, even with my proxy enabled, I cannot see that site. I have found this though: http://www.megalinux.net/using-fedor...um-repository/

Does this look correct?

suicidaleggroll · 04-24-2012, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbennett

Unfortunately, even with my proxy enabled, I cannot see that site. I have found this though: http://www.megalinux.net/using-fedor...um-repository/

Does this look correct?

It's a little different, but not in any way that really matters. Your link describes the process for mounting the iso image and using that, the one I posted describes mounting the DVD itself. I've copied the instructions below:

Quote:

In this post, i will share on how to update and install the RPM packages from CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image on CentOS 6.2. This will very useful when you are running on slow internet connection. Instead of go through the internet connection, it is possible to use Local CD/DVD-ROM as your yum repository. There are two methods to install and configure local CentOS 6.2 yum repository. Both methods have been tested and working on CentOS 6.2 linux server. You can select any method that you most preferred. This may be also applicable on other version of CentOS server.

Method 1:
1. Insert DVD/ISO into DVD-Drive.
2. Mount the ISO from the DVD-ROM into /mnt directory :

Code:

[root@centos62 ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

3. Create centos62.repo text file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ with the following content. Please create something as follow:

Code:

[root@centos62 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/centos62.repo

Code:

[CentOS6.2-Repository]
name=DVD-CentOS6.2 repository
baseurl=file:///mnt
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

4. Finish. You can start install, remove and update using yum command :
Example :

Code:

[root@centos62 ~]# yum install httpd -y

He then goes onto describe a second, and much more complicated method.

jbennett · 04-24-2012, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suicidaleggroll

It's a little different, but not in any way that really matters. Your link describes the process for mounting the iso image and using that, the one I posted describes mounting the DVD itself. I've copied the instructions below:

I only have an ISO for use. It's how I installed the OS on the VM.

I have mounted the OS seeing as how the system has a virtual ROM drive with the ISO mounted as suggested in your post.

I take it that I should now be able to type

Code:

yum install gcc -y

However, when I do this, it is trying to retrieve the mirrorlist, which won't work.

Code:

[root@localhost local]#yum install gcc -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=i386&repo=os error was
14: PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 407"
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base

When I type the following:

Code:

yum -y localinstall gcc.rpm

I get

Code:

Cannot open: gcc.rpm. Skipping. Nothing to do

Please note: I am actually trying to install Apache (httpd). In the process, apparently I don't have a compiler on this system.

Snark1994 · 04-25-2012, 05:27 PM

Did you carry out step (3) that was posted by suicidaleggroll? (editing /etc/yum.repos.d/centos62.repo)

Also, if you're trying to install Apache, then you probably want to use yum to install that, rather than install gcc and then compiling apache yourself...

John VV · 04-25-2012, 07:31 PM

and on cent install the WHOLE development group and not just gcc
you need WAY more installed than gcc only

Code:

su -
yum groupinstall " Development Tools" "Development Libraries"

and you might also need the Gnome development files
see the list of groups

Code:

yum grouplist