Ah! that makes sense -- Thank you, Martin! Best Regards, Jeffrey Ellis
on 3/7/02 8:13 AM, Martin Costabel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On jeudi, mars 7, 2002, at 04:54 , Jeffrey Ellis wrote: > >> Hi-- >> >> I keep seeing programs I'd like to install say they need gcc, but >> every time >> I run their configure scripts, gcc installed... always says no. Can I > > Two possible answers, both have nothing to do with fink: > > 1. You don't have the developer tools installed -> You don't have > gcc, you can't compile, you can't install programs that need > compilation. Simple. > > 2. You have the developer tools installed -> You have gcc, only > it's called 'cc' and sits in /usr/bin/cc. Most configure scripts > understand this, but there are some that require explicitly 'gcc'. > If this is the case (but if you are not sure, it's probably not the > case), you can make a symlink > > sudo ln -s cc /usr/bin/gcc > > In this way you have a gcc that's really called 'gcc'. > >> install gcc through fink? And if, so, how do I do that? I thought I had >> installed all the available packages using dselect. > > gcc/cc comes from Apple, not from Fink. > >> Best Regards, >> Jeffrey Ellis > > You're welcome, but... > >> on 3/7/02 7:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Send Fink-beginners mailing list submissions to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > [etc etc etc] > > ... why do you quote all this crap that has nothing to do with your > question? > > -- > Martin > > _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
