hi again
Agent Engram wrote:
> well I thought I did have one, its called gcc.
>
>
http://directory.fsf.org/project/gpp/
> g++ is the traditional nickname of GNU C++, a freely redistributable C++
> compiler. It is part of gcc, the GNU compiler suite, and is currently
> part of that distribution.
c++ != cpp
...
"gcc" stands for the "gnu compiler collection" and the "gnu C compiler".
the former contains the latter (and probably a bunch of others, like a
c++ compiler); however, the former is usually not a single program but a
collection of programs.
anyhow.
what i _did_ suggest was: google "edora g++"
the 1st hit i get is "Fedora: g++ install problem", the 2nd one is "g++
missing! - Linux Forums", the 3rd one is "Please help me to install g++
compiler on Fedora 6 - Linux Forums".
ALL of these results tell me one thing: you have to install the package
"gcc-g++" to get a c++ compiler.
that is:
# yum install gcc-c++
>
> [root@aalto]# rpm -q gcc
> gcc-4.1.1-51.fc5
>
> >what you do need is a c++-compiler.
> wierd I thought all I would need is gcc, which i thought *was* the GNU
> cpp compiler, so are you saying it isnt? I do have gcc, but configure
> doesnt look for gcc...only a bunch of c++ compilers that I am not very
> familiar with like RCC and FCC, why wouldnt it look for gcc? is there
> something i need besides plain gcc?
>
> [root@aalto
]# yum search g++
there might be a problem with "g++" being interpreted not literally but
as a (broken) regular expression. so yum does not find it.
this is either because yum is buggy, or your use of "yum search" is illegal.
mfg.adsr
IOhannes
PS: probably there are reasons why people stick to debian rather than
fedora :-)