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Old 04-29-2009, 10:03 AM   #1
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g77 compiler for opensuse 11.1


Hello,

I have certain old codes in fortran which can be compiled with g77 only. Also some of the old softwares like pgplot requre g77 to be present for installation.

It would be great if I knew how to install g77 on suse 11.1. I have gcc version 4.3. I tried a couple of rpms, but all of them fail because of dependency issues. Apparently, g77 requires an older version of gcc.

Please help!
 
Old 04-29-2009, 10:24 AM   #2
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Indeed, the g77 compiler was integrated in release 3.x of gcc. Since release 4.x the g77 compiler has been replaced by gfortran. You can use gfortran to compile programs following the Fortran77 standard. If you want to strictly compile them in the old way, you can use the -ff2c flag, which "generates code designed to be compatible with code generated by g77 and f2c". If you need the g77 command to compile old software, you can just create a symbolic link:
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ln -s /usr/bin/gfortran /usr/bin/g77
gfortran is provided by the gcc-fortran package.
 
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Old 04-29-2009, 10:26 AM   #3
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Hello,

I have certain old codes in fortran which can be compiled with g77 only. Also some of the old softwares like pgplot requre g77 to be present for installation.

It would be great if I knew how to install g77 on suse 11.1. I have gcc version 4.3. I tried a couple of rpms, but all of them fail because of dependency issues. Apparently, g77 requires an older version of gcc.

Please help!
you can always compile an older version of gcc (with g77) from source, but make sure you give it a different prefix path than your default version of gcc.

cheers.
 
Old 04-29-2009, 10:35 AM   #4
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Hello,

I have certain old codes in fortran which can be compiled with g77 only. Also some of the old softwares like pgplot requre g77 to be present for installation.

It would be great if I knew how to install g77 on suse 11.1. I have gcc version 4.3. I tried a couple of rpms, but all of them fail because of dependency issues. Apparently, g77 requires an older version of gcc.

Please help!
Did you try going into YAST? Under Yast->Software->"Software Management", type in "fortran" in the search box. Select what you want, click ACCEPT. That's it.
 
Old 04-30-2009, 04:06 AM   #5
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Thanks guys it worked. just a passing curiosity :

I have suse 11.1 on my laptop too, and I was able to install the older g77 with the new gcc 4.3. And I could not do the same on my desktop( though I have gfortran installed now, and it works perfectly). The only difference between my laptop and desktop is that my laptop has 32-bit architecture, while the desktop is 64-bit.

I am curious if this has something to do with the problem. Answer if you have the time and the will !!!
 
  


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