From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30328 invoked by alias); 9 Mar 2009 18:05:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 30319 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Mar 2009 18:05:55 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx2.redhat.com (HELO mx2.redhat.com) (66.187.237.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:05:50 +0000 Received: from int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (int-mx2.corp.redhat.com [172.16.27.26]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n29I5mqu027501; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:05:48 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n29I5mri014804; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:05:48 -0400 Received: from zebedee.pink (vpn-12-221.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.12.221]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n29I5lr3028865; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:05:47 -0400 Message-ID: <49B55A79.2010603@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:05:00 -0000 From: Andrew Haley User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081009) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dan hitt CC: "Atwood, Robert C" , e-karim , gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: installing GCC References: <22404231.post@talk.nabble.com> <49B44FFF.6080104@sbcglobal.net> <22404413.post@talk.nabble.com> <2CB39EAF0E0EFF498ADEDA636B8C999F06A5CCFA@icex1.ic.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2009-03/txt/msg00090.txt.bz2 dan hitt wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I think the issue is that for somebody new to ubuntu, it is > very, very surprising that there's no compiler. It certainly > was to me. > > And the answer to your reasonable question can be either: > (1) that whoever is doing it does not yet know the > command sequence > sudo apt-get install gcc Or (for newbies, OK) System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager Click the package "gcc" and "mark for installation". > (2) that whoever is doing it has a lousy internet connection, so > that these apt-get commands take so long they are not really > feasible. > > (And even though this is getting afield from gcc, ubuntu is free > software, and it is popular, so it comes up.) Yeah, and Ubuntu comes as standard with a very cut-down installer that'll fit on a CDR, so you have to install most packages afterwards. At least, it's only a CD image that I see on their getubuntu page. Andrew.