C++ in Mandriva

hoshen · 03-01-2006, 09:43 AM

Hi All
I am new to Mandriva (using Discovery 2006) and I am trying to get c/c++ to work.
It was not very clear where it was at all, and I had to form links, but that is behind me now.
The problem is that the include files don't seem to be there. At least they are not opened by rpm (either command line or rpmdrake using the manager).
Is there a smart way to open or acquire such files? I can find what seem to be the files for C, stdlib.h etc., but they are individually compressed as bz2 files.
Thanks
Moshe

kilgoretrout · 03-01-2006, 10:53 AM

Post the output of:

$ rpm -qa | grep gcc

Padma · 03-01-2006, 02:07 PM

Pay a visit to Easy Urpmi. Follow the instructions on the page, selecting *at least* main, update, and PLF repositories (I recommend selecting contrib, as well). When you get to Step 3, when you click the button, you will be given a sequence of urpmi commands to enter in a Konsole window as root. When they have run, you will have access to what you need, either from the command line (urpmi) or via rpmdrake.

hoshen · 03-02-2006, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padma

Pay a visit to Easy Urpmi. Follow the instructions on the page, selecting *at least* main, update, and PLF repositories (I recommend selecting contrib, as well). When you get to Step 3, when you click the button, you will be given a sequence of urpmi commands to enter in a Konsole window as root. When they have run, you will have access to what you need, either from the command line (urpmi) or via rpmdrake.

Thanks
However I receive an error message on urpmi.addmedia

bash: urpmi.addmedia: command not found

So that does not work

I have tried using the Control Center and then rpmdrake
but the software is thought to have been installed, and thus I do not have C or C++ to select

I have tried to download libraries, but I was informed at the end of the download that they had already been installed
So it seems the issue is activating the files.

reddazz · 03-02-2006, 02:26 AM

Are you entering the commands as root? urpmi.addmedia is only availabe if you are root.

hoshen · 03-02-2006, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kilgoretrout

Post the output of:

$ rpm -qa | grep gcc

[root@pc427 moshe]# /bin/rpm -qa |grep gcc
gcc-cpp-4.0.1-5mdk
libgcc1-4.0.1-5mdk
gcc2.96-cpp-2.96-0.83mdk
[root@pc427 moshe]#

reddazz · 03-02-2006, 03:10 AM

You need to install gcc-c++.

hoshen · 03-02-2006, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

Are you entering the commands as root? urpmi.addmedia is only availabe if you are root.

Thanks
Yes
I discovered that one.
For some reason the paths were not setup right. It has to be from /usr/sbin which was not on the path.
So I found the sites.
I used rpmdrake uing the manager
and nothing basically. I am not finding all the include files, such as stddef.h

I was not able to install all files due to clashes, for C, but for C++ is should have been fine, and isn't

hoshen · 03-02-2006, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

You need to install gcc-c++.

Yes
But exactly how.
It must be trivial, but I don't know how to get over it

reddazz · 03-02-2006, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoshen

Yes
But exactly how.
It must be trivial, but I don't know how to get over it

Are your repos now stup? If so, just start a terminal emulator e.g. konsole, switch to root then do "urpmi gcc-c++". If you are not too keen on the command line, start the Mandriva Control Center, go to the software installation section and search for gcc-c++, select the version you wish to install and click the install button.

hoshen · 03-05-2006, 04:55 AM

Thanks reddazz

Quote:

Are your repos now stup? If so, just start a terminal emulator e.g. konsole, switch to root then do "urpmi gcc-c++". If you are not too keen on the command line, start the Mandriva Control Center, go to the software installation section and search for gcc-c++, select the version you wish to install and click the install button.

I am not manging to setup the repositories
I am receiving notices such as

Quote:

curl: (18) transfer closed with 405720 bytes remaining to read

Any idea what it is about?

I have not managed to access the libraries for the includes I need.

Is there a way around downloading and installing from Gnu?

reddazz · 03-05-2006, 07:15 AM

You can use your installation discs. Just start the Mandriva Control Center, go to the software installation section, search for gcc-c++ and select it for installation and you will be prompted for one or more of your installation discs.

hoshen · 03-05-2006, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reddazz

You can use your installation discs. Just start the Mandriva Control Center, go to the software installation section, search for gcc-c++ and select it for installation and you will be prompted for one or more of your installation discs.

Well, I re installed LINUX, and then when accessing remote sites I used the compressed option. And then it worked.
Thanks for all the good advice!!