GNU installation

GNU installation

[Chris Fernando]

Dear gcc-help,

Is there a way of getting GCC installed on Linux if there is no compiler 
already installed on the system?  The machine does not have rpm 
installed, either.

It has been suggested that I could try using rpm2tar on an RPM binary, 
but I've also been told I will get a lot of gcclib problems if I do that.

Any advice?

Thanks

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Re: GNU installation

[Arno Wilhelm]

> Is there a way of getting GCC installed on Linux if there is no compiler 
> already installed on the system?  The machine does not have rpm 
> installed, either.
> 
> It has been suggested that I could try using rpm2tar on an RPM binary, 
> but I've also been told I will get a lot of gcclib problems if I do that.
> 
> Any advice?

You could try to unpack the rpm packet with mc (midnight commander) and put the library's/ececutables etc. in the proper directory by yourself.
The spec file should give you a hint on where to put it.



Arno