Hello!

Im working on a x86_64 GNU/linux machine with kernel 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.

I need to install gcc, which should be a trivial matter, the problem is that the machine have no internet connection (and is not allowed to have one either due to sensetive information on it)

There is support for .rpm files which I have tried to use, but the versions of gcc I have tried usually have some glibc dependencies that I cannot install. The problem is that the system already have glibc installed, but the wrong version (2.5-18.el5_1.1), and I can not update it since there are other packages that requires this particular version of gcc..

So I would like to know if there is some command that I can use offline to find out what version of gcc I should look for, or if there is some other way to find out what is needed.

Regards
Tomas

There are lots of dependencies for GCC, and it's not often it's not installed at build-time. You could look up the package from a repository, and check the dependencies, but that would require you to get online to do it. Your best bet is to take the machine somewhere with a connection, and spend 15 minutes doing it online. Far fewer headaches.

Example gcc for EL5 (the gcc version is 4.1.2)
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat...el5.x86_64.rpm

And find more examples. if necessary, at http://rpm.pbone.net/
> > Search > "Advanced Search" .. keyword = gcc-4

Just grab the source:

./configure
make
make install

Thx guys, I used the rpm.pbone.net site and downloaded the correct rpm's from there, and when dependencies showed up I used the site for those as well.. and repeated until I git it all, and now it works.

thx for the help

And without gcc already installed you would get something like...

configure: error no gcc found.

kromberg and kevinalm : And by the way, this is not the
method recomended to build gcc.

Gcc is designed to compile itself ! (bootstrap)
Example
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/...gcc-pass1.html

You need a prexisting gcc and glibc (of acceptable version) to start the bootstrap process. I know, I've done it several times. Notice the distros listed under my username.

It's also recommended to build outside of the source tree in a dedicated build directory.

The general process in a gcc make bootstrap build is the host gcc compiles the new gcc, 1st round. New gcc 1st round builds new gcc 2nd round. New gcc 2nd round builds new gcc 3rd round, and then 2nd and 3rd round are compared and if they are sufficiently similar, 3rd round is installed.