Topic: Getting and installing GCC.!?

[pauljclarke]

Hi,

I'd know putting gcc on a machine facing the open world is not a good idea - point noted. However I have a machine that is safe and would like as part of my Higher Computing Degree, like to install gcc on it. Please can someone tell me how, as 'Yum install gcc' dose not work.!?

My other option is to install VMware on my XPbox... but do not know of a compatible linux dis that will a) run under it without issues and b) have gcc as part of it - if someone knows that would also be great!

Thanks

Paul

[Stefano]

pauljclarke

please explain

'Yum install gcc' dose not work

then.. what version of Sme are you running?

Ciao
Stefano

[pauljclarke]

SME 7.3 - all patches are up to date.

Yum reports "nothing to do"

[janet]

pauljclarke

Please can someone tell me how, as 'Yum install gcc' dose not work.!?

That just means that either gcc is already installed and up to date, or more likely that the standard enabled repos do not have a gcc rpm in them.
You may need to find where gcc is and enable the repo for that location eg

yum install --enablerepo=dag gcc

(replace dag with a configured repo name, see FAQ)

[cactus]

That just means that either gcc is already installed and up to date

Check if gcc is already installed using this command:

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rpm -q gcc*If GCC is installed it should output the package name(s) and versions.

If you do not have it installed you could install it form base using this command:

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yum install gcc

Edit: corrected instructions

[janet]

pauljclarke & cactus

On a standard sme7.3 gcc is not installed.

yum install gcc --enabelrepo=smedev

cactus, check your repos, gcc is not in smedev
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7/smedev/i386/RPMS/

You have a spelling mistake, the command should read
yum install gcc --enablerepo=xxxxxx

[william_syd]

[root@sme7vm ~]# yum --enablerepo=* list | grep gcc
libgcc.i386                              3.4.6-9                installed       
compat-gcc-32.i386                       3.2.3-47.3             base           
compat-gcc-32-c++.i386                   3.2.3-47.3             base           
compat-libgcc-296.i386                   2.96-132.7.2           base           
gcc.i386                                 3.4.6-9                base           
gcc-c++.i386                             3.4.6-9                base           
gcc-g77.i386                             3.4.6-9                base           
gcc-gnat.i386                            3.4.6-9                base           
gcc-java.i386                            3.4.6-9                base           
gcc-objc.i386                            3.4.6-9                base           
gcc4.i386                                4.1.2-14.EL4           base           
gcc4-c++.i386                            4.1.2-14.EL4           base           
gcc4-gfortran.i386                       4.1.2-14.EL4           base           
gcc4-java.i386                           4.1.2-14.EL4           base           
[root@sme7vm ~]#


[root@sme7vm ~]# yum install gcc
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages from CentOS - os
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS - updates
Finished
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package gcc.i386 0:3.4.6-9 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: cpp = 3.4.6-9 for package: gcc
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-devel >= 2.2.90-12 for package: gcc
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package cpp.i386 0:3.4.6-9 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.3.4-2.39 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.3.4-2.39 for package: glibc-devel
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package glibc-headers.i386 0:2.3.4-2.39 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers for package: glibc-headers
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package glibc-kernheaders.i386 0:2.4-9.1.100.EL set to be updated
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
 gcc                     i386       3.4.6-9          base              4.4 M
Installing for dependencies:
 cpp                     i386       3.4.6-9          base              1.6 M
 glibc-devel             i386       2.3.4-2.39       base              1.9 M
 glibc-headers           i386       2.3.4-2.39       base              587 k
 glibc-kernheaders       i386       2.4-9.1.100.EL   base              695 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      5 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         
Total download size: 9.2 M
Is this ok [y/N]:

[cactus]

On a standard sme7.3 gcc is not installed.

I am aware of that.

cactus, check your repos, gcc is not in smedev
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7/smedev/i386/RPMS/

You have a spelling mistake, the command should read
yum install gcc --enablerepo=xxxxxx

Thanks, I must have been sleeping while posting , I corrected my instructions.

[pauljclarke]

Hi,

Issue was that the cent-os repo's were not enabled - I'd read somewhere on the forum that these should be turned off as "there is a lot of crap on there"... so having enabled cent-os I got gcc using nothing more than "yum install gcc".

Thanks for help.

P )

[cactus]

Issue was that the cent-os repo's were not enabled -

Good you found the cause of your problem...

I'd read somewhere on the forum that these should be turned off as "there is a lot of crap on there"...

I would like to see a link to this information so we can make a reply that that is pure nonsense as these repositories (base and updates) are the main repositories providing the basic packages needed for CentOS, which is Linux OS geared towards stability... which makes it hard to believe for me that there is a lot, or even any, of crap in there.

I am running CentOS (also configured using those repositories) for years without any problems what so ever.