Re: Failed on 'make install'

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

Thomas Lavergne writes:
 > Dear all,
 > I am trying to install release gcc-4.1.1 on my Linux PC. It is the first 
 > time I install gcc myself so sorry if this issue was raised previously.
 > The bootstrap stage goes fine. Then, typing 'make install' finishes, but 
 > reports many errors in using the 'install' program and leaving me with a 
 > badly installed gcc (e.g. libgcc_s.so.1 is not copied to the lib directory).
 > I looked in the Makefiles and install.cache and I figured out the 
 > problem was that the choosen 'install' program is not /usr/bin/install 
 > but rather a non-compatible script provided by the RSI company to 
 > install the IDL and ENVI programs (/usr/local/rsi/envi/bin/install). 
 > Unfortunalty, these RSI directories come first in my PATH.
 > Thus, fixing this issue boils down to either defining the INSTALL env. 
 > variable on the 'make install' command line or modify the configure 
 > script to exclude */rsi/* directories in the search for a "BSD 
 > compatible" install program just like others SySV or AIX4 install 
 > programs are excluded (configure script, around line 700). Indeed, once 
 > the configure step is done and the wrong INSTALL variable is expanded in 
 > all Makefiles, it is quite difficult to correct the situation, 
 > especially if you already launched 'make install' once.

export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
configure
make
make install

Andrew.