Similar compiler question

[Ian Rastall]

When I open up a terminal window and type:

gcc -v

I get the error:

bash:gcc:command not found

Is there a certain directory I should be running gcc from? I'm afraid
I'm totally new to to Linux, and one of the things I was looking forward
to was ease of use when it came to practicing my meager coding skills. I
did try:

slocate gcc

and got a long list of locations, so I know it's there. Is it wrong to
assume that I can access the C compiler from any directory? I was kind
of hoping I could do so. :-)

TIA,
Ian
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[Egon Spengler]

On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:08:45 +0000, Ian Rastall wrote:

> When I open up a terminal window and type:
>
> gcc -v
>
> I get the error:
>
> bash:gcc:command not found

Usually, gcc is a symbolic link to the actual gcc-versionnumber, so if you
wish to run the compiler, change directory to /usr/bin and then sudo ln -s
gcc-versionnumber (e.g. gcc-3.4) gcc and you should then be able to run
the compiler as you wish. The command would look like this: sudo ln -s
gcc-3.4 gcc (using my example version number).

[Ian Rastall]

Egon Spengler wrote:

> Usually, gcc is a symbolic link to the actual gcc-versionnumber, so

if you

> wish to run the compiler, change directory to /usr/bin and then sudo ln -s
> gcc-versionnumber (e.g. gcc-3.4) gcc and you should then be able to run
> the compiler as you wish. The command would look like this: sudo ln -s
> gcc-3.4 gcc (using my example version number).

Hey Egon. I tried as you suggested, it asked for my password, told me
that gcc existed, then when I typed:

gcc -v

I got the same error message. I did manage to locate gcc, in the
/usr/lib directory, but typing that into the prompt *in that directory*
yields the same error. It says "command not found", not "file not
found", so I wonder if I'm typing in the wrong command. I guess I have
some work ahead of me here. :-)

Ian
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[Mark South]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:57:21 +0000, Ian Rastall wrote:

> Egon Spengler wrote:

> > Usually, gcc is a symbolic link to the actual gcc-versionnumber, so

> if you

>> wish to run the compiler, change directory to /usr/bin and then sudo ln -s
>> gcc-versionnumber (e.g. gcc-3.4) gcc and you should then be able to run
>> the compiler as you wish. The command would look like this: sudo ln -s
>> gcc-3.4 gcc (using my example version number).

>
> Hey Egon. I tried as you suggested, it asked for my password, told me
> that gcc existed, then when I typed:
>
> gcc -v
>
> I got the same error message. I did manage to locate gcc, in the
> /usr/lib directory, but typing that into the prompt *in that directory*
> yields the same error. It says "command not found", not "file not
> found", so I wonder if I'm typing in the wrong command. I guess I have
> some work ahead of me here. :-)

Does Synaptic think that you have the development tools package installed?

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[Ian Rastall]

Mark South wrote:

> Does Synaptic think that you have the development tools package installed?

Ah, no it doesn't. I'll mess around with it and see if more questions
arise. Thanks for the heads up!

Ian
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