cannot exec `as'

[Rupert Wood]

Yvonne Becherini wrote:

> when I compile my c++ files, I get the following message:
: 
> g++: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or
> directory

Presumably you've installed a binary distribution of GCC on an operating
system that doesn't have system binutils installed by default.

Install GNU binutils. You should be able to get it from the same place
that you got GCC.

Good luck,
Rup.