[Techtalk] RH8--no gcc??

[/dev/null]

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/dev/null wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i'm not sure about rh8 as i use mandrake, but sometimes there is 
> confusion with the new binary of gcc being gcc-3.x - you might need to 
> look at the rpms on your red hat disc and see if they also provided gcc 
> 2.96 - its possible to have both on your system at once, i've been 
> running mine this way for a while as some older source code doesnt 
> recognise gcc-3.0 . cc is c compiler.
> 
> hth
> 
> miriam
> 
> lain iwakura wrote:
> 
>> Hey everyone,
>> I recently installed RedHat 8.0 on my laptop and was about to install the
>> driver for my Synaptics touchpad.  I ran a configure script before the
>> installation and received the following messages:
>>
>> gcc--not found
>> cc--not found
>>
>> [misc error messages here]
>>
>> I'm a little confused--the last two RH I've installed, gnu gcc always
>> came with the distro.  This is the first time I received this kind of
>> error when attempting to install.  I did 'which' and 'whereis' gcc but no
>> luck.  Is this a default for RH 8 (if it is, that stinks) that I have to
>> go to GNU and install, or maybe they changed the default path?
>>
>> Also, what is cc?
>>
>> Any help will be great--I can't use rpms all the time...  thanks in
>> advance.
>>
>> --lain
>>
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