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.
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