[Cialug] incomplete installation

[jaybabel at mchsi.com]

If you decide you want to try another distribution, I can make a copy of Debian 
(I have 3.0 on CDs or 3.1 on DVDs) or Fedora(CDs).  That way you don't have to 
buy another one and I can save you the trouble of downloading them.  I live in 
Johnston and work at the Hoover building if either is convenient for you.  I 
haven't tried writing any code in C/C++ and I'm not sure I installed g++ (in 
the past I've only used cc or gcc).

Jay


> So, I'm really sorry to keep asking stupid installation questions. All 
> I want my machine to do at this point is compile and run c++ programs, 
> so I feel pretty dumb buying SUSE 9.1, but what can you do.
> 
> Anyway, I thought that I had things installed because the computer 
> could recognize gcc, and so then I went off to do other things for a 
> month (I had run out of time to work on this project). Well, now I need 
> to do some testing before I send out a paper next week, and it doesn't 
> work (oops). So, here is what seems to be the problem.
> 
> The computer cannot recognize the g++ command, so I guess I didn't have 
> my make flags right. If I try to compile my cpp code, I get the errors:
> 
>  > gcc: installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1plus': No such file or 
> directory
> 
> I looked online, and many people suggested this was just a semantic 
> thing that that really I could just do some aliasing, but if I try to 
> call my programs main.c and so on, then I get a million errors (I know 
> the code compiles fine, though), so I guess that's not it.
> 
> I looked at the confsdefs.h file, and it looks like the problem comes 
> at the point where it looks for crt1.o, which apparently I don't have. 
> This becomes an issue also if I try to compile a very simple c program. 
> Although, when I tried to do "hello world" first it told me that 
> <stdio.h> couldn't be found, so maybe I managed to screw up the 
> libraries as well as everything else.
> 
> I have two questions. Answers to either or both would be greatly 
> appreciated.
> 
> First, is there some obvious thing that I have done wrong? Does it 
> sound like something that can be easily fixed?
> 
> Second, when I have problems like this, my response after wasting a day 
> is to just say "screw it, if I installed clean I wouldn't have these 
> problems" and go out and pay $80 for some new distribution. This just 
> tends to make my problems worse, but it is a function of my inability 
> to really spend as much time as I should understanding what is going 
> wrong. I must admit, it is a very tempting solution at this point. So, 
> is there an off-the-shelf distribution that I can just go buy, install, 
> and then go on my merry way with g++ and emacs both running nicely, so 
> that I can shoot this paper off and pad my research CV for when I apply 
> for tenure later in the month?
> 
> g++ is really all that I want right now in the world. That, and maybe a 
> firewall so I don't damage other computers. After that, maybe I'll be 
> done with questions, since I don't use this computer for much else 
> anymore.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> -- Dave
> 
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