Installing GCC for the first time

MisterESauce · 01-30-2005, 10:34 PM

i'm trying to install GCC on a brand new install of Fedora Core 3 (ultimately so i can compile my video card drivers) and i'm having issues with it. the help files tell me to run ./configure but it fails because i don't have a working compiler (hence installing gcc....)

what gives? what can i do to solve this?

any help is greatly appreciated!

mjrich · 01-30-2005, 10:38 PM

You might want to install the binary RPM's to begin with

- Have a hunt on your local mirror.

Cheers,

mj

MisterESauce · 01-31-2005, 01:44 AM

okay, first off thanks for the reply, i found a gcc rpm for fedora c3 x86_64 which is what i have and when i try to install it it says i need glibc which i try to install and it says i need glibc-common but when i try to install that it says it's already here... what's going on please? thanks for any help in advance!

ArthurDent · 01-31-2005, 08:39 AM

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i'm trying to install GCC on a brand new install of Fedora Core 3

Wooaahhh!

Unless I'm missing something here (and I may well be - I'm really only a newbie myself) GCC is installed by default in FC1,2 and 3.

Check to see if it's already there by opening a terminal and typing gcc --version. If you get anything other than an error you have GCC already installed.

If you don't have it installed go back to your FC3 installation CDs / DVD and install it using the menu option whose name I forget for the moment (sorry I'm at work on an XP box at the moment).

Hope that helps

Mark