gcc dependency hell and "development utilities"?

[jockojem]

Hi All

I am trying to install gcc-3.2.2-5.i386.rpm on Red Hat 9 and am encountering dependency hell. A search around newsgroups suggests that the quickest route out is to install "the development utilities from the red hat cd". However this wasn't done at install and no-one seems to be able to point me in the direction of the correct .rpm from the disc. Or whatever.

Any ideas?

TIA

Jem

 

[nawlej]

the only dependency I can think of that gcc needs is libiconv. Have you installed that yet?

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[thedaver]

you should install the "apt-get" port from Debian onto your RH9 box. This autoresolves all dependencies. Sometimes it tries to do too much, but you have a decent amount of control.

http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/redhat/9/apt/

Main page:

http://apt.freshrpms.net/

Learn about 'apt' commands:

http://freshrpms.net/apt/

You'll never go back... trust me.

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[stefanwagner]

which dependencies-hell?

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[jockojem]

Thanks guys

gcc alone requires

binutils >=2.12.90.0.7-1
glibc-devel >=2.2.90-12
libgcc >=3.2.2-5

These then have there own problems. The real stumbling block though is glibc-devel-2.3.2-11.9.i386.rpm. When I try to install glibc-common to enable this I recieve the following error.

glibc < 2.3.2 conflicts with glibc-common-2.3.2-11.9.

As far as I am awareness (ie glibc --version) I have no previous version of glibc.

I'll look at apt-get, cheers. But in the meantime can anyone suggest a silver bullet to sort this?

TIA

Jem

 

[jockojem]

Ha ha! Apt-get has 11 missing dependencies...Some of which appear to be gcc components... :-(

 

[stefanwagner]

Silver bullet: use mac-os

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[jockojem]

Thanks for your input guys - I took the cowards way out and reinstalled with AS2.1.

Jem