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Re: Help! Attempting to install gcc 3.0.4
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- To: Darin DeCounter <ddecounter at reviewjournal dot com>
- Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 11:17:57 -0400
- Subject: Re: Help! Attempting to install gcc 3.0.4
>>>>> Darin DeCounter writes:
Darin> I extracted the tar file, but it didn't have any file named configure. So,
Darin> I went back to UCLA's site and found the source tar file. When I extract
Darin> it, there is a file named 'configure'. You said I need a compiler to build
Darin> GCC??? Not sure I understand, because if I had a compiler, I wouldn't need
Darin> GCC in the first place. If I can find the .bin file, can I just install it
Darin> with SMIT...and would I still need a compiler to build it? Thanks for your
Darin> help.
The binary distribution will not contain a file named "configure"
because that distribution is pre-built, ready to install and run. If you
want to install GCC 3.0.4 and downloaded a binary distribution of GCC
3.0.4, why do you want to build it?
David