On Tuesday 06 June 2006 06:15 pm, Francesco Pietra wrote: > On Tuesday 06 June 2006 23:24, Alexander Samad wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 08:11:01PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > > On Tuesday 06 June 2006 20:13, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 04:38:20PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > > > > Hi Matthew: > > > > > Thank you. However: > > > > > > > > > > $alias gcc="gcc-4.1" make > > > > > -bash: alias: make: not found > > > > > > > > > > $man alias > > > > > No manual entry for alias > > > > > > > > > > I am making a cup of doubly strong green tea > > > > > > > > I think that should have been: > > > > # alias gcc="gcc-4.1" > > > > # make > > > > > > Retrying as you suggest as root, the first command returns the root > > > prompt #make > > > gcc - g -02 -c -o active.o active.c > > > make: gcc: Command not found > > > make: *** [active.o] Error 127 > > > that is, as if the alis was not activated. > > > > > > > Not sure make can use shell aliases though. > > > > > > > > So your real problem is that gcc-4.0 which gcc depends on is not > > > > currently installable for some reason on your system. > > > > > > Just to detail what errors: > > > #apt-get install gcc > > > gcc: Depends: gcc-4.0 (>=4.0.2-5) but it is not installable. > > > E: Broken packages. > > > > > > > What output/errors do you get from: > > > > apt-get install gcc-4.0 > > > > > > #apt-get install gcc-4.0 > > > Reading.. > > > Building dependency tree... > > > Package 4.0 is not available, but is referred to by another package. > > > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is > > > only available from another source. > > > However the following packages replace it: > > > gcc-4.0-locales > > > W. (a series of warnings that Couldn't stat source package list at > > > http:... E: Package gcc-4.0 has no installation candidate. > > > > > > My sources.list from which the net installation was carried out with > > > only main and the row end (subsequently, apt-get update did nothing): > > > deb http://debian.inode.at/debian-amd64/debian/ etch main contrib > > > non-free deb-src http://debian.inode.at/debian-amd64/debian/ etch main > > > contrib non-free > > > > Think you have to change your repository to the main debain ones, as > > etch has been moved to there > > > > something like > > ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free > > Now tried: > #apt-get update (or upgrade) with sources.list > deb ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free > deb-src ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free > fails to give access to either sources or security updates and no > update/upgrade occurs at all > > Then also tried: > #apt-get update (or upgrade) with sources.list > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free > deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free > fails to give access to either sources or security updates and no > update/upgrade occurs at all > > (installation was from etch beta 2 release installer; netinstall from > debian.inode.at) > > TO ADD that with either 'au' or without in the sources.list, the result of > gcc trial install is the same as with debian.inode.at, i.e.: > > #apt-get install gcc-4.0 > Reading.. > Building dependency tree... > Package 4.0 is not available, but is referred to by another package. This > may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only > available from another source. > However the following packages replace it: > gcc-4.0-locales > W. (a series of warnings that Couldn't stat source package list at http:... > E: Package gcc-4.0 has no installation candidate. > > francesco pietra > > ___________________________ > > > > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free > > > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free > > > > > > thanks a lot for your interest and kind advice > > > > > > francesco pietra > > > > > > > Len Sorensen > > > > > > --
May as well try this # alias gcc="gcc-4.1" # export gcc # make -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
