Kenneth Kellum wrote:
When I installed SuSE 6.3 I knew I'd want to compile sources and try a little programming. What I didn't (and still don't!) know was what all the packages were. When in doubt I installed it. I have been able to compile C and C++ programs, so I didn't do too badly.
Looking now I appear to have several C compilers, egcs, g20egcs, g20gpp, gcc, and gpp. The descriptions that appear in Yast are too brief for me to tell which, if any, of these are superfluous.
You can likely delete gcc [I'm assuming it's the 2.7.x version] without any problems. Just tell yast to unistall it. The problem is the word "superfluous". It was mentioned earlier today that 2.0.x series kernels need the older gcc to compile. It wouldn't surprise me if something else needs it. I've got the 2.7.2.3 version of gcc that came with SuSE6.3 installed and 2.95.2. It wastes some diskspace but I'd rather have both available for the odd chance I need them. I don't understand having egcs installed when gcc 2.95.2 is a newer version. But thats IMHO. Nick -- -------------------------------------------------- Nick Zentena "Microsoft has unjustifiably jeopardized the stability and security of the operating system." U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson Nov 5/1999 -------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/