First Compilation of GCC

[Dep, Khushil (GE Money)]

Ah yes - the chicken and egg problem :-) Has anyone come up with an
answer to that one btw ;-) 

-----Original Message-----
From: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org] On
Behalf Of Tim Prince
Sent: 10 December 2007 12:54
To: tsah marco
Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: First Compilation of GCC

tsah marco wrote:

>> i am working with suse 10.3 and trying to configure gcc-4.1.2, i am 
>> working with AMD TURION proccessor on the host and on the target,
>>
>> my first step was:
>> cd /opt/gcc
>> tar zxvf gcc-4.1.2.tar.gz
>> then i am trying to configure by:
>> ./configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-4.1.2 --exec-prefix=/opt/gcc-4.1.2 
>> --bindir=/opt/gcc-4.1.2/bin

>> configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
>>
>> what is the problem with my ./configure, i  add the current path 
>> /opt/gcc/gcc-4.1.2  to the PATH.
>> and still the same problem,
>> any idea ?

Start by using the gcc which is an optional part of your SUSE
installation.  If you didn't install it, open up YaST and install from
your DVD.  Then, read the instructions before attempting the configure
of the source code version.