Re: gcc

[Scott Lair <plair@mailzone.com>]

On Tuesday 06 June 2006 06:15 pm, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 June 2006 23:24, Alexander Samad wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 08:11:01PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 06 June 2006 20:13, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 04:38:20PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> > > > > Hi Matthew:
> > > > > Thank you. However:
> > > > >
> > > > > $alias gcc="gcc-4.1" make
> > > > > -bash: alias: make: not found
> > > > >
> > > > > $man alias
> > > > > No manual entry for alias
> > > > >
> > > > > I am making a cup of doubly strong green tea
> > > >
> > > > I think that should have been:
> > > > # alias gcc="gcc-4.1"
> > > > # make
> > >
> > > Retrying as you suggest as root, the first command returns the root
> > > prompt #make
> > > gcc - g -02  -c -o active.o active.c
> > > make: gcc: Command not found
> > > make: *** [active.o] Error 127
> > > that is, as if the alis was not activated.
> > >
> > > > Not sure make can use shell aliases though.
> > > >
> > > > So your real problem is that gcc-4.0 which gcc depends on is not
> > > > currently installable for some reason on your system.
> > >
> > > Just to detail what errors:
> > > #apt-get install gcc
> > > gcc: Depends: gcc-4.0 (>=4.0.2-5) but it is not installable.
> > > E: Broken packages.
> > >
> > > > What output/errors do you get from:
> > > > apt-get install gcc-4.0
> > >
> > > #apt-get install gcc-4.0
> > > Reading..
> > > Building dependency tree...
> > > Package 4.0 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> > > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is
> > > only available from another source.
> > > However the following packages replace it:
> > > gcc-4.0-locales
> > > W. (a series of warnings that Couldn't stat source package list at
> > > http:... E: Package gcc-4.0 has no installation candidate.
> > >
> > > My sources.list from which the net installation was carried out with
> > > only main and the row end (subsequently, apt-get update did nothing):
> > > deb http://debian.inode.at/debian-amd64/debian/ etch main contrib
> > > non-free deb-src http://debian.inode.at/debian-amd64/debian/ etch main
> > > contrib non-free
> >
> > Think you have to change your repository to the main debain ones, as
> > etch has been moved to there
> >
> > something like
> > ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
>
> Now tried:
> #apt-get update (or upgrade) with sources.list
>  deb ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
>  deb-src ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
>  deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
>  deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
> fails to give access to either sources or security updates and no
> update/upgrade occurs at all
>
> Then also tried:
> #apt-get update (or upgrade) with sources.list
>  deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
>  deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
>  deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
>  deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
> fails to give access to either sources or security updates and no
> update/upgrade occurs at all
>
> (installation was from etch beta 2 release installer; netinstall from
> debian.inode.at)
>
> TO ADD that with either 'au' or without in the sources.list, the result of
> gcc trial install is the same as with debian.inode.at, i.e.:
>
> #apt-get install gcc-4.0
> Reading..
> Building dependency tree...
> Package 4.0 is not available, but is referred to by another package. This
> may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only
> available from another source.
> However the following packages replace it:
> gcc-4.0-locales
> W. (a series of warnings that Couldn't stat source package list at http:...
> E: Package gcc-4.0 has no installation candidate.
>
> francesco pietra
>
> ___________________________
>
> > > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
> > > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
> > >
> > > thanks a lot for your interest and kind advice
> > >
> > > francesco pietra
> > >
> > > > Len Sorensen
> > >
> > > --




May as well try this

# alias gcc="gcc-4.1"
# export gcc
# make