Installing gcc on Linux box

[Yohhan]

I'm used to having gcc already installed on my Linux machines. One of my machines doesn't have it installed. I'm using Fedora Core... How can I install it straight from the installation CD's? Can someone give me some pointers on this?

Thanks ahead.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Find the gcc rpms. rpm -i gcc-something-whatever.rpm, or something like that. Go out for :beer:.

 

[MisterESauce]

go to command prompt, su to root and type 'yum install gcc'... doesn't get much easier than that...

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: MisterESauce
go to command prompt, su to root and type 'yum install gcc'... doesn't get much easier than that...

Which will go out to the net for the packages. That is, of course, desired but if you really want to get gcc from the cds "Applications -> System Settings -> Add/Remove Applications" will bring up a simple gui package manager that only seems to like working from the cds. But yum really is the more ideal solution for all your software.

 

[Hyperblaze]

or downloading the latest gcc from the net (gcc.gnu.org i think)

tar -xzvf gcc.something.tar.gz
cd gcc-something
./configure
make all
make install

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Jero
or downloading the latest gcc from the net (gcc.gnu.org i think)

tar -xzvf gcc.something.tar.gz
cd gcc-something
./configure
make all
make install

The site was down last time I checked, and you need a compiler to compile gcc.

 

[Nothinman]

or downloading the latest gcc from the net (gcc.gnu.org i think)

Ever try that without a compiler?

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Jero
or downloading the latest gcc from the net (gcc.gnu.org i think)

tar -xzvf gcc.something.tar.gz
cd gcc-something
./configure
make all
make install

The site was down last time I checked, and you need a compiler to compile gcc.

shikes...just realized that myself. i wonder what happened to it

edit: okay..i'm on the site right now..wonder why i couldn't access it earlier.

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

or downloading the latest gcc from the net (gcc.gnu.org i think)

Ever try that without a compiler?

I thought I did. way back about a year ago. memory is fuzzy about it though.

 

[silverpig]

Easy version:

Boot from fc3 install cd, choose upgrade, choose developement (or whatever comes with gcc installed default... probably not server, not desktop workstation... whatever the other one is).

Slightly harder yet still easy version:

Boot from fc3 install cd, choose upgrade, choose custom, find gcc package.

Slightly harder version (I'm trying to do this with a friend's laptop... it's actually proving rather difficult)
Find a binary version of gcc (you need a LOT of dependencies... glibc-devel, glibc, kernel-headers... and kernel-headers requires gcc IIRC... this is where I'm stuck at right now), and install the binary version. Meh.


Oh, and you might want to check out gcc 4.0.0