gcc trouble

[mattmcl]

I'm trying to install kdar. I have gcc installed, but I get this:

[matt@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# cd /
[root@localhost /]# cd home
[root@localhost home]# cd matt
[root@localhost matt]# cd Desktop
[root@localhost Desktop]# cd kdar-2.0.4
[root@localhost kdar-2.0.4]# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for kde-config... /usr/bin/kde-config
checking where to install... /usr (as returned by kde-config)
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

[jim]

you don't have gcc installed

type this in the terminal

rpm -qa | grep gcc

you should get at least this

gcc-3.4.2-6.fc3
libgcc-3.4.2-6.fc3

if not the install gcc with yum
as root

yum install gcc

[mattmcl]

I keep getting errors that seem to be catch-22 in nature. Yum did not find gcc so I used apt-get:

[root@localhost ~]# apt-get install gcc
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gcc: Depends: cpp (= 3.4.2-6.fc3) but 4.0.0-0.40 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
[root@localhost ~]# apt-get install cpp
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
cpp is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 40 not upgraded.
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep cpp
cpp-4.0.0-0.40
[root@localhost ~]#

[fc_jeff]

gcc should be on one of the Fedora Core CDs, and can be installed with "Add/Remove Applications", under "System" in the menu system. When the "Add/Remove Applications" window is up, simply look for the development section, and install everything there. This will ensure that gcc is installed, plus all the libraries.

You can also get gcc with yum. It should be a part of the core repository. Make sure your yum.conf (under /etc) has the core repository configured, or that it isn't commented out (with a #).

Then you can check if you have gcc and if it's in your PATH by typing

which gcc

at the command line. If it's there, it will specify the path to gcc.

[cnarramoore]

why wouldn't it be installed by defualt? I thought a distro had to have a C complier. Anywho have you tired g++?

[james_in_denver]

No, a "typical" home/small office user, wouldn't typically need to install the gcc compiler. The vast majority of packages already are available pre-compiled in RPM format.

It's when you start downloading/installing some "non-generic" software packages that you need the development tools.

And gcc is available as on option during the install process under "Development Tools" if you select a customized install.

[mattmcl]

I'm still getting mad package dependency problems... I tried to use the add/remove programs utility, it came up with a long list of dependencies, the first of which is gcc-c++. So I try to apt-get that, and get this:

[root@localhost matt]# cd '/root'
[root@localhost ~]# apt-get install gcc-c++
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gcc-c++: Depends: gcc (= 3.4.2-6.fc3) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
[root@localhost ~]# apt-get install gcc
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gcc: Depends: cpp (= 3.4.2-6.fc3) but 4.0.0-0.40 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
[root@localhost ~]# apt-get install cpp
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
cpp is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 45 not upgraded.
[root@localhost ~]# apt-get remove cpp
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
cpp firstboot gdm kdeadmin kdebase kdepim linuxwacom system-config-display
xinitrc xorg-x11 xorg-x11-Xnest xorg-x11-Xvfb xorg-x11-tools xorg-x11-xdm
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 14 removed and 40 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 142MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
[root@localhost ~]#

[howzer7]

Looks like it is tryinf to install version 4.0 (which is part of Core 4) core 3 uses 3.4. Have you selected one of the bleeding edge repositries? I'm am having a similar problem after installing OO 2.0 from core 4 which uses GCC 4 etc.

[wtogami]

Do not attempt to mix FC3 and FC4 packages. Things will break. Trust me.

[mattmcl]

Yeah, I followed some bad advice on a web site about adding repos before I knew what I was doing. I can't seem to get those packages off now.

[james_in_denver]

hey mattmcl.....

Got a little snow this past weekend???? LOL......

yeah, adding and mixing repos can cause some major headaches....

rpm -e --force somepackagehere will "usually" clean up that package for you, though you really have to be careful so that you don't remove a package that your system depends on (like "ld"...that would be a bad one to remove).

[mattmcl]

I ended up nuking the install and starting over. So far everything works- I'm sure it was FC4 stuff mixed in.

[Tantalus90]

thanx fedorajim and everyone else

solved my problem today

Tant