help with gcc5 install on linux

[Jorge D'Elia]

Hi Manfred and Anton,

----- Mensaje original -----
> De: "Manfred Schwarb" gmx.ch>
> Para: mexas@bris.ac.uk, fortran@gcc.gnu.org
> Enviado: Lunes, 2 de Febrero 2015 12:23:23
> Asunto: Re: help with gcc5 install on linux
> 
> Am 02.02.2015 um 15:14 schrieb Anton Shterenlikht:
> > I usually use gcc installed by others.
> > I now tried to install gcc5, and get problems.
> > Please help.
> >
> > 1. untarred
> > gfortran.com/download/x86_64/gcc-5-infrastructure.tar.xz
> > gfortran.com/download/x86_64/nightlies/gcc-trunk-20150202-r220340.tar.xz
> >
> > 2. added gcc5 infrastructure lib64 dir to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> >
> > Compilation seems to work, but not linking:
> >
> > $ ./gcc5/gcc-trunk/bin/gfortran -c z.f90
> > $
> > $ ./gcc5/gcc-trunk/bin/gfortran z.f90
> > collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld'
> > compilation terminated.
> > $
> > $ which ld
> > /usr/bin/ld
> > $
> >
> 
> Somehow the system ld is deemed unsuitable. No idea why.
> Last Autumn Jorge d'Elia reported the same, but communication while
> debugging faded out.

Sorry. What I remember now is that I tried a couple of iterations but 
without success, so I decided download all the gcc sources and re-compile 
it. Although it takes a while, installation is ok. Anyway, if I get some 
time, I will try to re-take it. 

Greetings.
Jorge.
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