I have MandrakeLinux 10.1 installed fine. I installed the development options when first installed.

if I do rpm -qa | grep gcc

the gcc packages say they are installed BUT I can not run gcc from a command prompt

whereis gcc gives /usr/lib/gcc but there is not runable file there?

What is going wrong??? Where should it be installed, how do I run it?

If gcc -v gives you nothing then it is NOT installed and you will have to go back to your package tool and grab it.

nz

I try to run RPMDRAKE package managment tool. It shows the gcc package as being on CD2 of the 3 CD set. I insert CD2 but it says the disc can not be accessed may be busy or mounted manual when created???

If I use the file viewer or from the command prompt I nav to the package and run it direct it says that everything is already installed??

Mandrake 10.1

"If I use the file viewer or from the command prompt I nav to the package and run it direct it says that everything is already installed??"

This may be a case where the rpm package is recorded as installed in the rpm data base but some or all of the actual executable files do not exist. I suggest that you try to straighten it out with command line rpm. Try uninstalling gcc with the rpm --nodeps option. You may have multiple entries for gcc in the rpm data base so keep repeating the uninstall command until you get an error message saying that the package is not installed.

rpm --nodeps -e gcc

Then use rpm to install gcc from your Mandrake CD2.

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Steve Stites