[plug] Which rpm's required to get g++ and gcc working...

[stephen.]

"Buddrige, David" wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> After hunting around a bit further, I got it to compile properly after I
> installed:
> 
> glibc-devel-2.1.1-6.i386.rpm
> 
> cheers
> 
> David Buddrige.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buddrige, David [mailto:david.buddrige at mitswa.com.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 November 1999 13:49
> To: 'plug at linux.org.au'
> Subject: [plug] Which rpm's required to get g++ and gcc working...
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have just installed a new RedHat server with the intent that it act as a
> intranet web-server.  Since I did not wish to use more space than necessary,
> I chose not to install development tools when installing the machine in the
> first instance, thinking that it was not a development machine.  However
> then I later realised that, since some of the packages I wish to run on this
> system, I only have as source distro's, and subsequently, will need to
> compile them - hence I really do need the development tools.
> 
> I have subsequently mounted the Redhat CD, and installed the following
> rpm's...
> 
> egcs-1.1.2-12
> egcs-c++-1.1.2-12
> compat-egcs-5.2-1.0.3a.1
> compat-egcs-c++-5.2-1.0.3a.1
> compat-binutils-5.2-2.9.1.0.23.1
> compat-glibc-5.2-2.0.7.1
> compat-egcs-5.2-1.0.3a.1
> compat-egcs-c++-5.2-1.0.3a.1
> cpp-1.1.2-12
> 
> However, when I try to run ./configure on one of the applications, I get the
> following message.
> 
> # ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot
> create executables.
> 
> Does anyone have any clues as to what other RPM's are required to get gcc
> and g++ working properly?
> 
> thanks heaps for any assistance...
> 
> regards
> 
> David Buddrige
> Software Engineer
> david.buddrige at mitswa.com.au

I frequently compile software on my system and have lotts of libraries 
i take the get everyting approach
i ran the command 

rpm -q -g Development/Libraries 
it produced the listing attached to this email 
hope this helps
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glibc-profile-2.1.1-6
faces-devel-1.6.1-16
gd-devel-1.3-5
gdbm-devel-1.7.3-19
glib-devel-1.2.3-1
glibc-devel-2.1.1-6
gpm-devel-1.17.5-3
gtk+-devel-1.2.3-1
libgr-devel-2.0.13-17
libjpeg-devel-6b-9
libpng-devel-1.0.3-2
libtermcap-devel-2.0.8-13
libtiff-devel-3.4-6
linuxconf-devel-1.16r1.3-1
ncurses-devel-4.2-18
newt-devel-0.40-9
postgresql-devel-6.4.2-3
readline-devel-2.2.1-5
rpm-devel-3.0.2-6.0
slang-devel-1.2.2-4
svgalib-devel-1.3.1-5
Xaw3d-devel-1.3-21
XFree86-devel-3.3.3.1-52
xpm-devel-3.4j-5
zlib-devel-1.1.3-5
cracklib-2.7-2
pythonlib-1.22-1