From: Brandon Metcalf <bmetcalf@nortelnetworks.com>
To: help-gcc@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Base compiler to install gcc?
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 00:00:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38763F70.EB690E61@nortelnetworks.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20000401000000.zPnHk9pgFOp_WGpDSrEQReEj-aP6TY_rFCGmSEQtdOc@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8551hc$rm7$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
lfw57@my-deja.com wrote:
> I'm trying to configure/install gcc so I can later
> install Apache. When running configure, I
> originally received the error "you must set the
> environment variable CC to a working compiler".
> After research on this forum I set the environment
> variable CC=gcc, and am now receiving the same
> error.
>
> I now understand that to install gcc, you need a
> "base" compiler, which this system does not have.
> I'm running Solaris 2.5.
>
> Can someone tell me exactly what I need to install
> and where I can get it?
You need to have a c compiler to compile gcc. There are prebuilt
versions of gcc available. I don't recall off hand where to get one,
but you can probably find pointers at www.gnu.org. You should be able
to find a prebuilt version in the pkg format for solaris.
Brandon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-04-01 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-01-07 7:55 lfw57
2000-01-07 13:08 ` Brandon Metcalf [this message]
2000-01-07 13:44 ` James Thompson
2000-04-01 0:00 ` James Thompson
2000-01-07 16:49 ` Paul D. Smith
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Paul D. Smith
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Brandon Metcalf
2000-04-01 0:00 ` lfw57
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