On Wednesday 11 January 2006 11:49, ET wrote: > Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 January 2006 11:17, Per-Anton Rønning wrote: > >>Hi all, > >>It took a while from I bought Mandrakelinux 10.0 till I installed it. I > >>threw out an unstable SUSE 9.1 which caused me a lot of trouble. But now > >>10.0 is up and running, and works fine. > >>I wonder if anybody could give me a clue: > >>I have not succeeded in locating gcc, the Gnu C-compiler. > >>I do not find it on the CD's , not on the "install software tool", and > >>"find file" in Konqueror cannot find any reference. > >>Both SUSE (and my earlier Red Hat 7.2) had gcc installed and ready to > >> run. Can anyone put me on the right track her, sonve I am new to > >> Mandriva? > > > > Strange. The gcc compiler *should* be on every Mandrake release. > > > > My first advice is to set up online sources for your Mandrake version : > > 1. go here : http://easyurpmi.zarb.org and follow the instructions very > > carefully, clicking on the *proceed* tabs as demanded. And read the > > advice about *urpmi.removemedia*. When selecting sources, I'll recommend > > the Spanish *rediris* (assuming you are in Norway). > > 2. When finished, as root run : urpmi gcc > > > > Secondly, because version 10.0 is rather old, it's possible that some of > > the mirrors no longer support it. For example, your Norwegian > > *uninett.no* doesn't. But you can find gcc for your version here : > > ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandriva/10.0/i586/Mandrake/ > >RPMS > > > > HTH > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > he could also look for it as root and not as a user...
Yeah... came to think of it, maybe Per- Anton doesn't know (yet) how Mandrake installs software : Open a terminal, type "su", give root password, type "urpmi gcc". Wait. Type "exit". Run software. :-) Kaj Haulrich. -- ***Sent from a 100% Microsoft-free PC*** ***Running Linux (Mandriva 2006)*** ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
