hello friend,
(1)when I download gcc-4.4.0.tar.gz, and gunzip and untar it and put it in /home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gcc-4.4.0
(2)type in: ../gcc-4.4.0/configure --prefix= /home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gcc-4.4.0

then the error message is as followings:
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checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for gnatbind... no
checking for gnatmake... no
checking whether compiler driver understands Ada... no
checking how to compare bootstrapped objects... cmp --ignore-initial=16 $$f1 $$f2
checking for correct version of gmp.h... yes
checking for correct version of mpfr.h... no
configure: error: Building GCC requires GMP 4.1+ and MPFR 2.3.2+.
Try the --with-gmp and/or --with-mpfr options to specify their locations.
Copies of these libraries' source code can be found at their respective
hosting sites as well as at ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/.
See also http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html for additional info.
If you obtained GMP and/or MPFR from a vendor distribution package, make
sure that you have installed both the libraries and the header files.
They may be located in separate packages.

So, what is the problem here?

(3) how to install it then?

Hope any expert to help tell me hwo to install fix the problem and fix it?
Thanks!

Have you tried yum to install or to update the package that you already could have?

why do you need gcc-4.4.0 ?

gcc-4.3.2-7.i386.rpm is the current in the fedora repos

the error tells you. install the testing / newer "MP 4.1+ and MPFR 2.3.2+." ( BUT DO NOT install in /usr)
it MUST not be in the system path otherwise the installed gcc4.3.2 will be F???ed up
then add that path to configure
or by adding to the configure line " --with-gmp=/some/place/that /gmp/is

GMP 4.1+ and MPFR 2.3.2+ are not supposed
to be installed at all !

Just unpack 'gmp' and 'mpfr' into gcc-4.4.0/
then the few files needed will be picked up, see LFS.

The gcc people recommends the LFS method for building gcc.
See chapters 5.5.1 , 6.14.1 :
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.4/
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/...gcc-pass1.html
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/...ter06/gcc.html
.....

Hello
After I download gmp-x.x.x.tar.gz and mpfr-x.x.x.tar.gz and put them in /home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/; and configure gmp and install it first and then mpfr. Then configure gcc and make install it on root directory, but the error message is as follows:
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libtool: compile: /home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gcc-4.4.0/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc/gcj -B/home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gcc-4.4.0/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/ -B/home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gcc-4.4.0/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc/ -ffloat-store -fomit-frame-pointer -Usun -fclasspath= -fbootclasspath=../.././libjava/classpath/lib --encoding=UTF-8 -Wno-deprecated -fbootstrap-classes -g -O2 -fsource-filename=/home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gcc-4.4.0/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/classpath/lib/classes -fjni -findirect-dispatch -fno-indirect-classes -c @javax-imageio.list -o javax-imageio.o >/dev/null 2>&1
make[3]: *** [javax-imageio.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gcc-4.4.0/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gcc-4.4.0/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava'
make[1]: *** [all-target-libjava] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gcc-4.4.0'
make: *** [all] Error 2

How to fix this problem?
Thanks!

Hi because there is no space in the device, so how can I remove or uninstall the all the stuffs related with gcc in [root@naishi]
Thanks!

First go into the gmp and the mpfr installation directories and do
then just remove the directory gcc-4.4.0
Anyway, it is not clear what do you mean for "gcc in [root@naishi]". What is [root@naishi]? You said you had the gcc installation dir in /home/naishi...

hello Colucix,
Thank you at first!
My home directory is /home/naishi; gcc-4.4.0 is installed in /home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gcc-4.4.0; and my gmp is put in: /home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/gmp; my mpfr is put in: /home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0/mpfr; And the important thing is: when I do ./configure and make and make install for gmp,mpfr and gcc-4.4.0 all in the root directory, namely I type in: su; then password for the root user. That is my meaning.
The most serious thing is that I even could not boot the Fedora system, this should be solved at first, right? Then I can do: $make uninstall etc. in order to free the space of the disk. Right?
So, please help give me a hand, thanks indeed!

Hi,
Because gmp and mpfr are very big files, and my linux Fedora 10 has already taken about 70% of the space of that partition, so when I install gmp and mpfr, the space is not enough to install these two files, but gcc-4.4.0 needs these two(gmp and mpfr); how can I fix this problem. Does this mean I need to do the partition again to distribute a bigger partition that can be big enough to install gcc-4.4.0 and gmp and mpfr and the other software. Please give me an idea how to solve this problem
and how big space needs to be given to install gcc-4.4.0 etc.?
Thanks very much!

why do you need to install gcc 4.4 when gcc 4.3 is installed already?
just for fun ??
installing a second compiler (gcc44) is not the easiest to learn with .

Well. It would be useful to see the current partition scheme of this machine. Please, can you post the output of
But you tell that the system does not boot right? I think you have to boot with a live CD like Knoppix and try to manually remove some file to free space and let Fedora boot again. Then you have to uninstall gmp and mpfr using make uninstall from their installation directories.

After that you can start the compilation again, but this time choose a different path for the installation, that is run ./configure choosing a prefix different from the default one and pointing to a partition where you have enough free space:
you can even install them under /home/naishi or /home/naishi/gcc-4.4.0, if you have enough space in the /home partition. Then just update the PATH to include the directory containing the newly installed executables and update the library cache using
Anyway, I will suggest to stick with the current version of gcc, unless you have a valid reason to install the newest version. If you really want to compile gcc from source, follow the good advice from knudfl in post #4 above. Good luck!

And by the way, the only thing you need for daily work,
is the 'gmp' runtime library, it is 254 KB ! ! !