Hi, Mark On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:06:32PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Alan Mackenzie <a...@muc.de> wrote:
> > My gcc now fails to work. > > I upgraded it earlier on (I think) after doing an emerge --sync. I > > can't remember the before/after versions, or even whether I've got both > > of them. > > lipgmp has a lot to do with my problem. After my last emerge -uND > > world, I think libgmp was upgraded. At any rate the messages on the > > screen directed me to > > revdep-rebuild --library /usr/libt64/libgmp.so.3 > > , which I did. They then informed me I could safely delete libgmp.so.3, > > which I also did. :-( > > Now, when I attempt gcc on the command line, I get the error: > > /usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/cc1: error while loading > > shared libraries: libgmp.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No > > such file or directory > > . So, is there an easy way for me to recover a working gcc, or do I > > have to do something desperate, like reinstalling Gentoo? :-( > > Help will be most appreciated. > > -- > > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). > gcc-config -l > and see what's there Ah - gcc-config. I did gcc-config -l, and it displayed 2 versions of gcc. Then I did gcc-config --help. Then I did gcc-config x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-4.5.3 , and now gcc is working again, or more precisely the new one is working. :-) Thanks for the tip! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).