Hi Joe: Thank you. Because gcc is called by $make, I tried to install gcc: #apt-get install gcc gcc: Depends: gcc-4.0 (>=4.0.2-5) but is not installable E: Broken packages.
francesco pietra On Tuesday 06 June 2006 17:45, Jo Shields wrote: > Francesco Pietra wrote: > > Hi Len: > > perhaps better for me to go for a jogging, or make a cup of strong green > > tea, because I am getting really confused: > > > > #dselect > > shows that both gcc-4.1 and make are installed (blank*** with the last * > > highlighted, as for packages that work, like apt) > > > > In contrast (?) > > #dpkg -S /usr/bin/gcc > > dpkg: /usr/bin/gcc not found > > > > but see below from a perusal of directories > > > > Installation was in differet partitions and raid1: /, /usr, /var/ > > swap, /home, /tmp > > > > /usr/bin includes, inter alia, g++-4.1, gcc-4.1, gccbug-4.1 > > > > Previously I was trying to compile a program that has Makefile only: > > $make > > gcc -g -02 -c -o active.o active.c > > make: *** [active.o] Error 127 > > > > thank you > > francesco pietra > > > > On Tuesday 06 June 2006 17:00, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 02:57:53PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > >>> Why with amd64 debian etch > >>> > >>> $gcc -v > >>> $gcc --version > >>> are unrecognized and there is no > >>> $man gcc > >>> page? > >>> > >>> While > >>> #dselect > >>> reveals that both > >>> gcc-4.1 and make > >>> are installed from base installation. > >>> > >>> Of course my question is not merely related to that, but to the use of > >>> queries with respect to 32bit etch. > >> > >> Is gcc installed? gcc-4.1 provides gcc-4.1, gcc depends on the current > >> gcc, and provides the gcc link to the current version. > >> > >> # dpkg -S /usr/bin/gcc > >> gcc: /usr/bin/gcc > >> > >> Len Sorensen > > "gcc" is a symbolic link, provided by the "gcc" package. Since you don't > have the "gcc" package, you have no "gcc". > > Either compile your app using "gcc-4.1" instead of "gcc", or install the > "gcc" package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

