Compiler Complications

[TamedTech]

Hello Guys,

I'm using what seems to be a hybrid version of SlackWare distrobution, and its missing quite a few key componants, them most important of which is a C Compiler.

I'm trying to install 'Make' as this is used in most opperations with the other software i'm trying to install on the box.

However I cannot install make without a standard C compiler such as 'GCC', so i've been looking into installng GCC, and it looks as if i need 'Make' to compile the GCC files so they can work?

Is it just me of does that seem a litle strange? (and people ask me why windows has been so successfull...)

Any suggestions on what i can do?

I've looking into RPM files, but i dont have the RPM utility installed, and yet again i need a compiler to do so.

Thanks,

Rob

 

[Annihilannic]

Slackware doesn't appear to use RPM. Have you considered visiting the Slackware web site

http://www.slackware.com/

and downloading the package from there?

Annihilannic.

 

[Trevoke]

How are you trying to install Make?

Where did you get that hybrid version of Slackware?

"That time in Seattle... was a nightmare. I came out of it dead broke, without a house, without anything except a girlfriend and a knowledge of UNIX."
"Well, that's something," Avi says. "Normally those two are mutually exclusive."
-- Neal Stephenson, "Cryptonomicon"

 

[mbrooks]

Is it just me of does that seem a litle strange? (and people ask me why windows has been so successfull...)

Any suggestions on what i can do?

Get a REAL distribution and you shouldn't run into issues like these. There are many to choose from.

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info

 

[Annihilannic]

Please don't start a distro war. Slackware is great for those who know how to use it. You never know, he may not have a choice. Likewise TT, don't troll for an OS war.

Annihilannic.

 

[TamedTech]

Lol... Oh yeah, and what about apple macs, arn't they the biggest load of ... ;-)

Not trawling for an OS war guys.

You're quite right, if I was working with a proper distrobution then I'd not doubt have alot less hassle.

As shrudley observed by Annihilannic, I dont have a choice in the box I work with, I'm running a Mesh-Ap for my wireless networking and it comes with its own distribution version, which unfortunatly isnt that easy to modify.

I'm trying to Install Make after downloading the binary's from the GNU website, everything seems to be in order, I've untarred the files and placed them in a directory i've named 'newmake', I then CD to the directory and run the '. configure' process which starts it off, it goes through the first few steps, checks for gawk and things, then checks for 'gcc' and returns a result of 'no' ... then kicks back an error saying that it was unable to find an appropriate C compiler, and reccomends I check the config.log file for more detail.

You'll have to excuse any niavity on my part, my only real experiance of linux is working with an Apachy webserver running redhat about 5 years ago, I've since worked primarily on Windows, and a little Novell (winces) lol

Thanks,

Rob

 

[Trevoke]

Would you type "gcc -v" and see what it returns?

"That time in Seattle... was a nightmare. I came out of it dead broke, without a house, without anything except a girlfriend and a knowledge of UNIX."
"Well, that's something," Avi says. "Normally those two are mutually exclusive."
-- Neal Stephenson, "Cryptonomicon"