Re: gcc-3.2: what happened to libgcc1, libg2c0, binutils
why not do apt-get install --reinstall gcc3.2
it would download all the dependecies
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 00:19, David A. Cobb wrote:
> After five months of struggling ( I had connectivity very briefly before
> an "upgrade" make my whole installation useless and sent me back to the
> CD's ), it appears that I need to be able to build the nVidia
> kernel-patch with _the_same_version_ of gcc that was used to compile my
> kernel. I'm using kernel-image-2.4.26, and the nVidia installer reports
> this was built with
> gcc-3.2.
>
> OK, I go to install gcc-3.2. Including the Fortran, which I probably
> don't really need, I get these complaints from dpkg:
> "gcc-3.2 depends on libgcc1 (>= 1:3.2.3-9)"
> "gcc-3.2 depends on binutils (>= 2.13.90.0.10)"
> "g77-3.2 depends on libg2c0;"
> "lib.....depends on libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.2.3-9)"
>
> Argh, those are not with gcc-3.2. In fact, when I check the download
> site (tonight) I find
> libgcc1_3.0.4-7_i386.deb from gcc-3.0
> libgcc1_3.3.4-13_hppa.deb -- and NO i386 package from gcc-3.3
> libgcc1_3.3.5-2_hppa.deb -- and NO i386 package from gcc-3.3
> libgcc1_3.4.2-2_i386.deb from gcc-3.4
> libgcc1_4.0-0pre0_i386.deb from gcc-4.0
> libg2c0_3.3.4-13_i386.deb from gcc-3.3
> libg2c0_3.3.5-2_i386.deb from gcc-3.3
> binutils_2.12.90.0.1-4_i386.deb - which I already have and is too low
> binutils_2.15-4_i386.deb
>
> It seems I am stuck dead in the water unless I can come up with a
> working gcc-3.2
> compiler to do the nVidia install.
>
> The alternative looks like trying to recompile my kernel with I compiler
> I can get.
>
> I actually tried that with gcc-3.4 but got errored out immediately.
> That is hardly my first choice, so I didn't pursue that further.
>
> I have gcc-2.95 and gcc-3.0. I had gcc-3.2 but had to remove it because
> I couldn't get 3.3 or 3.4 to coexist. I don't really want to give away
> space to five or six different generations of compiler. One, maybe two,
> but not this fiasco.
>
> Where can I go to get the missing libs?? [ backports is also no help in
> this ].
>
> Anyway, why is gcc-3.2 on the download site so incomplete?
>
> I also couldn't get 3.3 up and flying for very similar reasons - key
> libs missing - but what I need is 3.2!
>
> --
> David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate
> "By God's Grace, I am a Christian man; by my actions a great sinner." --
> The Way of a Pilgrim: R.French, Tr. Life is too short to tolerate crappy
> software!
--
Rui Silva
ruka@tugamail.com
Debian GNU/Linux
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