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Re: Problems building gcc on my mandrake
- From: Jonathan Wakely <cow at compsoc dot man dot ac dot uk>
- To: Mehul <mehulr at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 18:12:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: Problems building gcc on my mandrake
- References: <88a8511c0505200935c03378e@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 12:35:26PM -0400, Mehul wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to build/install gcc on my Linux laptop and I am having
> problems doing that. I have read through the documentation and nothing
> seems to help me out. I would therefore like some1 to help me out.
This list is for GCC development, your question is better suited to
gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
> I downloaded gcc.4.0.0, unzipped, after which I had two directories
> under the main directory gcc and libs***. The documentation says that
> I need to create separate directory for object files. but under which
> direcrtory should I create them.
Neither, create it somewhere else, _anywhere_ else - but not in the same
directory as the sources.
> It says once I am done configuring I shoudl run the configure script
> to build it. I couldnt find a configure script under gcc, all I have
> is *.c files. I found one under libs**** directory but when I try to
> run that it says
> "configure: error: cannot find install-sh or install.sh in . ./.. ./../.."
>
> Can some1 please tell what I doing wrong.
What about in the top-level directory above gcc and lib*** ?
This should work:
tar xzvf gcc-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
[creates a directory called something like gcc-X.Y.Z]
mkdir obj
cd obj
../gcc-X.Y.Z/configure
jon