Re: installation help

[Stuart Longland <stuartl at longlandclan dot hopto dot org>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Osama Saad Khan wrote:
> Hello
>
> My problem is that I want to install gcc-2.96 alongwith the already
> installed gcc-3.2. While going through the GCC mail archives, I came
across
> your message on the topic. I admit that I have very little experience in
> installing gcc or programs with complex configurations involved. I have
> downloaded the source rpm for version 2.96 but am at a loss as to how to
> continue. Can you please help me out?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Osama
>
> /***************************************
> Osama Saad Khan
> Research Assistant
> Department of Computer Science
> Lahore University of Management Sciences
> Lahore, Pakistan
> Phone: +92-42-5722670 (2144)
> ***************************************/
>
Try rpm --rebuild <NAME OF PACKAGE>

This should rebuild the source RPM for your architecture.  You'll end up
with a binary RPM you can then install which resides (AFAIK) in
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS.  I'm a relative newbie when it comes to this area
(normally I just get a tar.gz source archive and be done with it).

- --
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Stuart Longland           stuartl at longlandclan.hopto.org |
| Brisbane Mesh Node: 719             http://stuartl.cjb.net/ |
| I haven't lost my mind - it's backed up on a tape somewhere |
| Griffith Student No: 2100350   Course: Bachelor/IT @ Nathan |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1-nr1 (Windows 2000)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQE+aJZiIGJk7gLSDPcRAgKLAJ4iVGnEUC8yknnjqdecss7kjnFvBQCeM2Ct
QZnofLgMPqMgupbRn3TB5qA=
=YudK
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----