ld problem

[Dr Gavin Seddon <gavinseddon@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Hi,
I have baught one of these 'teach yourself c++ in 21 days' books, since
I thought programming would be useful for work.  However in my first job
I get


'/usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status'

This appears to be a problem with ld.  Any ideas?

Oh yes, the book turns out to be for Mandrake so I can't install the cd.
Would it be possible to convert from rpm to a deb package and install,
or is it useless since this is parisc?
Thanks
GS