Michael Satterwhite writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 20 August 2004 09:07, you wrote: > > Michael Satterwhite writes: > > > The compiler installed by apt is not usable. When I execute it, I get the > > > message back telling me that cc1plus can't be executed as it can't be > > > found. It seems to me that apt *SHOULD* have installed the missing > > > dependency - whatever it is. Doing an "apt-cache search" on cc1plus > > > returns nothing, so I can't even add the missing package. > > > > you get what you ask for. please install g++. > > I found that on the web. I installed g++ yesterday - still get the error.
which error? what does dpkg -l g++ say? > Question: If g++ is required to run gcc, then shouldn't apt have recognized > the dependency and installed it? why is a C compiler required to compile C++ code?
