Re: gcc

[Francesco Pietra <frapietra@alice.it>]

Hi Joe:
Thank you. Because gcc is called by $make, I tried to install gcc:

#apt-get install gcc
gcc: Depends: gcc-4.0 (>=4.0.2-5) but is not installable
E: Broken packages.

francesco pietra

On Tuesday 06 June 2006 17:45, Jo Shields wrote:
> Francesco Pietra wrote:
> > Hi Len:
> > perhaps better for me to go for a jogging, or make a cup of strong green
> > tea, because I am getting really confused:
> >
> > #dselect
> > shows that both gcc-4.1 and make are installed (blank*** with the last *
> > highlighted, as for packages that work, like apt)
> >
> > In contrast (?)
> > #dpkg -S /usr/bin/gcc
> > dpkg: /usr/bin/gcc not found
> >
> > but see below from a perusal of directories
> >
> > Installation was in differet partitions and raid1: /, /usr, /var/
> > swap, /home, /tmp
> >
> > /usr/bin includes, inter alia, g++-4.1, gcc-4.1, gccbug-4.1
> >
> > Previously I was trying to compile a program that has Makefile only:
> > $make
> > gcc -g -02 -c -o active.o active.c
> > make: *** [active.o] Error 127
> >
> > thank you
> > francesco pietra
> >
> > On Tuesday 06 June 2006 17:00, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 02:57:53PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> >>> Why with amd64 debian etch
> >>>
> >>> $gcc -v
> >>> $gcc --version
> >>> are unrecognized and there is no
> >>> $man gcc
> >>> page?
> >>>
> >>> While
> >>> #dselect
> >>> reveals that both
> >>> gcc-4.1 and make
> >>> are installed from base installation.
> >>>
> >>> Of course my question is not merely related to that, but to the use of
> >>> queries with respect to 32bit etch.
> >>
> >> Is gcc installed?  gcc-4.1 provides gcc-4.1, gcc depends on the current
> >> gcc, and provides the gcc link to the current version.
> >>
> >> # dpkg -S /usr/bin/gcc
> >> gcc: /usr/bin/gcc
> >>
> >> Len Sorensen
>
> "gcc" is a symbolic link, provided by the "gcc" package. Since you don't
> have the "gcc" package, you have no "gcc".
>
> Either compile your app using "gcc-4.1" instead of "gcc", or install the
> "gcc" package.