payasam Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 When I tried to install software I couldn't because there was no C compiler. When I tried to install gcc it complained that there was no gcc3.3-cpp. Now it's moaning about libgcc 3.3.4-1mdk, apparently a tiny file but one which I cannot find anywhere. Will appreciate being shown pug marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 . Mandrake uses urpmi to help you install software. Urpmi will take care of any dependencies (see FAQs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted September 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I have 10.0 Official, which came on three CDs. It didn't have GCC or DPKG, and I got an error message when I gave an URPMI command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 What error? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted September 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I'm sure I'd scribbled it on a scrap of paper, but then there's this puppy who runs my life for me... Will try it again, with puppy locked out of room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durvish Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 Did you set up your URPMI sources or are you working just from the CD's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted September 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I haven't actually done much with urpmi, having only just become aware of it. No sources set up, though I do have a note of urpmi.org/easyurpmi. No idea if the thing is on the CDs. I'm a bit mixed up about the CDs: I got three but I've seen mention of there being four. Albert E. Neumann was my hero in the 1960s and he was no frog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 (edited) Mandrakes comes with gcc, don't worry. If you check during install 'development' it will be installed. ( http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/DrakX-s...e-zurich/14.png ) Or you can install it later with urpmi. About the CDs: the 4th CD is the 'contrib' CD; that is: just some extra packages that you can find in Contrib. Just remove the media (that is: Mandrake jargon for a repository) CD4 and add 'contrib'. Good luck Edited September 20, 2004 by devries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durvish Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 You will need to go to easyurpmi to set up your sources --- just follow the directions and you'll be set ---- if you don't set up your sources you will only be able to urpmi the stuff on the cd's and nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted September 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 I can't recall what I did during install, Devries. Maybe I thought "development" was for software writers and didn't tick it. But here are my adventures so far. 1. Ran gcc3.3-3.3.4-1mdk.i586.rpm -- response >> libgcc >= 3.3.4-1mdk needed >> gcc3.3-cpp-3.3.4-1mdk needed 2. Ran gcc3.3-cpp-3.3.4-1mdk.i586.rpm >> no trouble 3. Ran libgcc1-3.4.1-3mdk.i586.rpm -- response >> file /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 from install of libgcc1-3.4.1-3mdk conflicts with file from package libgcc1-3.3.3-6mdk One option seems to be that a file is to be removed, and the other is that I must download yet another version of libgcc. Certain tar.gz packages complain, when I do a ./configure on them, that there is no acceptable C compiler in the path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 You should run (as root): urpmi gcc Urpmi is your friend :) And if you get errors post them here. Urpmi is a tool that helps you install software. It has a database (sort off) and so it knows what packages it needs to install when you give the command 'urpmi gcc' and where to find them (on CDs, in internet repositories (after you have set it up), floppies, HDs etc etc). Try it and be amazed by the powers of URPMI. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted September 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Thanks. Will do. It seems to some degree like Debian's apt-get. If it checks for errors, wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted September 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Right now I'm downloading the ISO of the fourth CD. That should ease many frustrations, though on a dial-up connection it's a slow business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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