Re: [K12OSN] C Spot run...
Kirk Rheinlander (kirk@kpj2.com)
Mon, 08 Jul 2002 07:19:31 -0600
Tony,
As I understand it :-), in general, to avoid [most of the time] what you
are going through, try to find the RPM (Redhat Package Manager) file - key
word here - PACKAGE. Albeit a different paradigm than Windows...but a
package of files bundled together to make a [again, most of the time]
complete installation.
If you can't find the RPM, then you are indeed experiencing the problems
associated with the somewhat immature nature of a 30 some year old
operating system's legacy ('nix). It is still very much a techno-geek
environment to run, and one of the primary reasons that LINUX is not ready
for the desktop. LTSP puts control of the environment back into the "data
center", which is a viable way to run it today.
Working with my blazing high speed 26.4k dialup connection, searching
around, and subscribing for a bunch of updates is just not feasible, so I
always look for the RPM.
It'll get there, and sooner than many think :-)
Kirk
At 12:02 PM 7/7/2002, you wrote:
>I'm in disbelief...
>And, kind of exasperated.
>I downloaded several applications (Scribus, as discussed earlier and Gaby,
>a small database program, couple others) and have tried to install them to
>no avail.
>I've been working on this all weekend.
>Wanna know why? Because apparently there is no C compiler on my machine.
>Now, I installed all the devtools that came with the CD set. I am just
>boggled that gcc or something isn't here. I went back into the CD set
>looking to see if I had somehow missed it on install, but nope, not there.
>So, I have downloaded gcc and tried to install it. It required 3
>additional libraries, which I have since located and downloaded. Not
>installed, however, as the glibc-devel libraries ared asking for old
>kernel headers, which I can't install because I have a newer kernel...
>I tried both older and newer versions of the glibc-devel, nope.
>Appears as though I have hit a brick wall. I can't install any programs
>written in C or C++...this is crazy!
>I'm lost here....Shouldn't I be able to compile programs written in C and
>C++ without all this hassle? Why wasn't a C compiler included in the devtools?
>Why is it appreantly impossible to install gcc now? Is it me?
>What to do now?!
>
>Tony
>
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