Thanks I'll look into it.
* Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000805 22:36]:
> The C++ compiler you want is probably g++, and it's probably not installed
> (check with the "find" or "which" command). I don't recall if the gcc/g++
> mess was fixed by the time RH 6.0 came out ... it is pretty out of date,
> after all ... older versions of g++ simply were not decent C++ compilers,
> and the suggestion that gcc would act like a C++ compiler if the file's
> extension was .cpp, or something like that, was pure fantasy.
>
> Check thr RH site, or a mirror like metalab, for updates. The current
> version (in Debian) is 2.95.2-13, and it works pretty well.
>
> At 10:03 PM 8/5/00 +0000, Richard Spencer wrote:
> >Hello gurus:
> >
> >I just wondered why I cannot install tarballs with ./configure
> >make and make install; I get error messages as follows:
> ><snip>
> >checking for gcc... gcc
> >checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
> >checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
> >checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> >checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> >checking for c++... no
> >checking for g++... no
> >checking for gcc... gcc
> >checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works... no
> >configure: error: installation or configuration problem:
> > C++ compiler cannot create executables.
> >
> >
> >I'm running rh6, mostly gui-free, and totally windoze-free
> >rh let me leave something vital out, didn't it?
>
>
>
> --
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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