Installing new software on Mandriva GCC related
 

Hi all.

I have had some trouble with Mandriva. I have been trying to install new software and every time I use the ./config command I get this response:

[james@localhost pidgin-2.3.1]$ ./config
bash: ./config: No such file or directory
[james@localhost pidgin-2.3.1]$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for sed... /bin/sed
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

I have downloaded the newest GCC tarbell and I have decompressed it, but I do not know what to do with the decompressed data.

Someone told me to use the Install & Remove Software program for putting new programs on my computer, but I honestly cannot figure out how to make that work either. I would much rather use the command prompt.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem in Mandriva?

Thanks.

Well, you don't want to do that. That tarball contains source code which you won't be able to compile without a C compiler! You'll want to find pre-built packages for Mandriva (RPMs) and install those. You may be able to find packages for other software you want to install, too (I'd imagine there's a package for Pidgin at least). Mandriva uses urpmi as its package manager, so you'll want to learn how to use it.

Use the Mandriva Control Center (MCC) and search for GCC. Just select the gcc package and click Apply.

It seems to already be installed, but yet it doesn't work, what gives?

EDIT: I tried to delete it and see if reinstalling it would work and now I can't find konsole.

What should I do now?

May I recommend to visit Mandriva help pages? You'll get answers to most of your questions instantly there.

http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/v...lDocumentation

The mandriva site has not been much help to me unfortunately.

Google led me to this forum thread.

It would help if people would give a simple answer to the question at hand
rather than try to externalize onto other sites - this is why StackOverflow
has been successful, because people could find answers to their questions
quickly.

I have not yet found a solution (still searching) but in other forum posts
the solution was to use:

urpmi gcc # or replace with the program that you desire to install

I guess this is not unlike apt-get in debian.