[Cialug] rpm issues

[David Courard-Hauri]

Quoting David Champion <dave at visionary.com>:

> That's a "source" rpm, hence the ".src.rpm". You want the binary one.
> 
> -dc

Yes, of course. I didn't think about it because it was the only gcc rpm I saw on
the SUSE site, so I just grabbed it.

Since then I've looked around the site and found binaries for ppcs and other
machines, but not ix86s. I did find some fedora i386 rpms and a SUSE i586 rpm
on the rpmfind.net site, but that led to a couple questions. First, I can
install red hat rpms if I need to, can't I? Second, how do I check to make sure
that I have an i586? I tried with YAST and couldn't figure it out. 

Incidentally, when David suggested earlier that I just install as "developer", I
couldn't figure out why I hadn't in the first place. I noticed during my net
searching that SUSE 9.1 didn't come with gcc bundled. doh! Shoulda stuck with
Red Hat, but I got confused by the whole Fedora thing.

Thanks for all of your help!

-- Dave

> 
> David Courard-Hauri wrote:
> > So, I'm embarassed to be confused by rpm.
> > 
> > I downloaded gcc-3.3.3-41.src.rpm from the SUSE site. I figured I could 
> > install that and then maybe run the gcc configure on the gcc 4.0 files I
> got 
> > from the GNU site if I needed more libraries and stuff.
> > 
> > I type:
> > 
> > 
> >>rpm -vi gcc-3.3.3-41.src.rpm
> > 
> > 
> > and get:
> > 
> > 
> >>gcc-3.3.3-41
> > 
> > 
> > So I think things are OK. But then I try:
> > 
> > 
> >>rpm -q gcc-3.3.3-41
> > 
> > 
> > and it says:
> > 
> > 
> >>package gcc-3.3.3-41 is not installed
> > 
> > 
> > So I try:
> > 
> > 
> >>rpm -qa | grep cc
> > 
> > 
> > and get:
> > 
> > 
> >>libgcc-3.3.3-41
> > 
> > 
> > So I think I've done something, but not what I wanted to do. I still don't
> 
> > have a gcc command--I suppose my path could be wrong, but I doubt it. Am I
> 
> > missing something obvious?
> > 
> > -- Dave
> > 
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David Courard-Hauri
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy
Olin Hall, Drake University
Des Moines, IA 50311

515.271.3812
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