Re: Help! Attempting to install gcc 3.0.4

Re: Help! Attempting to install gcc 3.0.4

[David Edelsohn]

>>>>> Darin DeCounter writes:

Darin> I found the binaries at http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/packages/gcc.html.
Darin> When I downloaded, uncompressed, and extracted...it wasn't .rte or .bin.
Darin> It looked just like the original tar file (just files within usr/local
Darin> path...with no 'configure' file in the top-directory).  Am I doing
Darin> something wrong?  Thanks.

	Those are pre-built binaries (and libraries) packaged in a tar
file.  There is no "configure" file because one simply untars the file
directly into the filesystem.  It is not a source distribution, it is a
pre-built binary distribution for AIX.  One configures and builds GCC from
a source ditsribution, not from a binary distribution.

	I do not understand what you are expecting and what is confusing
you.  Maybe someone else on the gcc-help mailinglist can explain it better.

David

	P.S. Bull does not appear to have a version of GCC 3.0.4
available.

Re: Help! Attempting to install gcc 3.0.4

[David Edelsohn]

>>>>> Darin DeCounter writes:

Darin> I thought I needed the binary file if I were to install GCC
Darin> using SMIT...otherwise I would need a compiler to 'build' GCC.  Are you
Darin> saying I can just extract this tar, include the path to gcc in my PATH
Darin> (environment) and I've got a compiler I can use?

	Binaries are binaries.  SMIT (actually installp) simply ensures
that you have the proper pre-requisites (AIX header files installed, AIX
libraries installed, etc.).

	If you untar the file into the proper directory (not just anywhere
on your system) and include GCC in your PATH, it should work.  If it does
not work, make sure that you have the other AIX filesets installed for
application development.

	If you have any further questions, please ask them publically, not
privately to me.

David

Re: Help! Attempting to install gcc 3.0.4

[David Edelsohn]

>>>>> Darin DeCounter writes:

Darin> Ok, so when they say GCC needs to be 'built', the binary distribution is
Darin> pre-built?  I didn't know that's what this refers to.  The 'source' tar
Darin> file  is what had the 'configure' file in the top-directory.  I had the
Darin> 'executable' tar file even before that, but it wasn't a .bin file.  I'll go
Darin> back to UCLA's site and see if I can find the binary, because if I can
Darin> install via SMIT this sounds like what I want.  Thank you.

	The binary distribution is pre-built, meaning that it has been
configured and compiled for AIX.  It should be a snapshot of the files
installed by GCC so that it can be installed on another system.

	I believe that UCLA repository distributes tar files and the
Groupe Bull repository distributes AIX installp-format (SMIT) files.  UCLA
also mirrors the Groupe Bull website with a link at the bottom-left side
column on the UCLA welcome page.

David

Re: Help! Attempting to install gcc 3.0.4

[David Edelsohn]

>>>>> Darin DeCounter writes:

Darin> I extracted the tar file, but it didn't have any file named configure.  So,
Darin> I went back to UCLA's site and found the source tar file.  When I extract
Darin> it, there is a file named 'configure'.  You said I need a compiler to build
Darin> GCC???  Not sure I understand, because if I had a compiler, I wouldn't need
Darin> GCC in the first place.  If I can find the .bin file, can I just install it
Darin> with SMIT...and would I still need a compiler to build it?  Thanks for your
Darin> help.

	The binary distribution will not contain a file named "configure"
because that distribution is pre-built, ready to install and run.  If you
want to install GCC 3.0.4 and downloaded a binary distribution of GCC
3.0.4, why do you want to build it?

David