Re: Help with installing gcc (http://gcc.gnu.org/install/)

[Ken Wolcott <ken dot wolcott at med dot ge dot com>]

Josephine;

  People have been patient with me (sometimes), so I am patient with you :-)

  Something that I just remembered to ask you, I should have asked you this 
before.  Is this a binary gcc package or a source gcc package?  If it is a 
source package then the URL I provided before gives you the instructions, 
which are, summarized:

configure
make
make install

  But if this is a binary gcc package, like from http://www.sunfreeware.com/, 
you should use the instructions provided there...

  If you are responsible for providing tools for others then you acting as a 
software build engineer and/or UNIX sysadmin.  You should be given sufficient 
tools to perform your job.  If you do not have complete root access, then you 
should be given at least partial root access via the sudo command.  You 
should not have to use chmod to have access to that area to place the 
compiler there.  If it necessary to do that you should chose some other area 
to place the compiler.  If you do have root access to install the compiler 
there, then the developer will not need to have things altered by chmod.

  Once you have decided where gcc executeables are to be placed, the next 
question is to ask whether or not you already have a compiler installed as 
you cannot install a source gcc binary without having a local compiler.

Hope this clarifies things further,
Ken Wolcott

On Tuesday 18 November 2003 15:57, Josephine O'Para wrote:
> Ken,
>
> Thanks. The light bulb (in my head) is coming on but it is rather dim. I
> will install a compiler from the Solaris Studio one collection.  I need to
> make gcc available to a developer.  I the most 'knowledgeable' on Unix here
> for the moment.  I'll put it in /usr/local.  He will have access to it
> (chmod).  the thing is what is the next couple of step.  Is that it?
>
> Thanks for being patient and working me through this.
>
> Josephine