Re: Q: cc1plus

["J.H.M. Dassen" <jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl>]

On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 13:49:58 +0200, Thomas Ruedas wrote:
> I tried to compile a C++ program and got the following error message: gcc:
> install problem, cannot exec 'cc1plus': No such file or directory
> 
> I have gcc, g++ and cc installed (at least the which command tells me
> that they are), so I don't know what's wrong. What is cc1plus 

It's the internal name of the C++ compiler front end.

Apparently, the code you're trying to compile calls the C++ compiler as
`gcc', whereas it should invoke it as `g++' (they're different in "stable").
Try telling that to the code, i.e. via "env CXX=g++ ./configure" or 
"make CXX=g++".

HTH,
Ray
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