Re: [UUG/MLUG] compiler

["Michael" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Is there a way to automaticlly havde an rpm made when I compile something
that doesn't come as an rpm?

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 06:59:44 -0700 (PDT), Jeremiah Johnson wrote:

> yep, that's what it means.  I think they're trying to stray away from
> letting desktop users meddle in compiling stuff.  I suppose this would
> depend on the installation method you chose.
> 
> to remedy this situation:
> 
> rpm -ivh gcc*
> rpm -ivh *devel*
> 
> -Jeremiah Johnson
> 
> On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, root wrote:
> 
> >Here's a question for ya.  I just upgraded from Redhat 6 to 6.1 and have
> >tried compiling several programs because, unfortunately, I couldn't find
> >them anywhere in RPM format.  I'm not getting very far.  Whenever I do
> >the first step in compiling a program, "./configure", it tells me the
> >following:
> >
> >loading cache ./config.cache
> >checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> >checking for gcc... no
> >checking for cc... no
> >configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
> >
> >Does this mean I have no compiler installed?  That seem's pretty stupid
> >that Redhat didn't install one automatically.  I guess they're just
> >trying to shift everyone from compiling programs to using RPM's.  Which
> >would be darn nice, except not everything comes in RPM format.  The
> >program I'm trying to install is a set of tools and a loadable module
> >for mounting an NTFS filesystem.  So if anyone knows another way to go
> >about this that would be great, too.  Thanks in advance, everyone!
> >
> >Nathan Miller
> >EMAIL:PROTECTED
> >
> 





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