On Monday 27 September 2004 09:58, Chadley Wilson wrote:
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 04:19, Ben wrote:
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:16:20 -0700, Ben
wrote: I dont get why tar wont compile when all other things do, For instance i run Internet Explorer on SuSE + Word + Access + Outlook + MS games like S.O.F + a heap of RPM's but tar files wont compile. If i dont have c/c++ things installed then how can i run all the software i do? Forgive me if the answer is obvious! But i dont get why only tar files wont compile?
Yours...Ben
PS I caint find an option for C/C++ Compiler and Tools???
The software that already runs is already compiled, otherwise it wont run, what you are trying to do is (normally painless, but appears to be very painfull right now) is compile the contents of a tarball, which contains source code. First of all send me the link to the package you are trying to install, I also need to know what distro of suse you are running, i.e downloaded personal edition, 9.1 pro SLE etc... Is your kernel custom or std. then run :
[root@chadlap: root]# gcc - -version gcc (GCC) 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux) Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[root@chadlap: root]# c++ --version c++ (GCC) 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux) Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Make sure your are running as root (su -)
He ought to be able to configure and make as a user, usually he'd only need to be root to do the 'make install' bit. Probably a bit safer to do it that way.
If it is a driver you must extract the sources to the /usr/src/linux-2.6.4-52/drivers/the/type/of/driver directory and compile it there. Read the INSTALL or README files that accompany the source , they usually tell you there if you need a specific version of c++ or gcc to compile.
That's got him off to a good start, but depending on what he's compiling a whole slew of devel rpms may need to be on the system too, plus the right kernel sources, and so on. Cheers Fergus
let me know Thanks
ps try searching for yast -- software for c++ gcc make, and see if they are infact installed.
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