I'm using Solaris and the Solaris binaries use the Solaris packaging system which I know nothing about but stronglt suspect thatv they require admin privileges. Isn't there an older release of gcc that could bootstrap itself? -----Original Message----- From: Andrea 'fwyzard' Bocci [mailto:fwyzard-gcc@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:18 AM To: Anderson, James H [IT]; gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: need help with installation At 08:09 27/08/2003 -0400, Anderson, James H [IT] wrote: >I don't seem to have a working C compiler so am unable to do the initial >config. I seem to recall that at one time there was a bootstrap option >that made it possible to build gcc w/o having a compiler on one's system, >but I haven't managed to find it for gcc 3.3.1 (I considered pulling down >a binary version for Solaris but I don't have admin privileges and need to >install in a user directory). > >Thanks in advance for any help! > >jim No, you can't build GCC from sources if you don't have a working C compiler installed. But you can find prebuilt binaries for most OSes - see <http://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html>. If you're using Linux, all the distributions I'm aware of ship a working GCC with them, usually from the 3.2 release, so you should find it on you CDs or downloadable from the distributor's site. Happy compileg, .fwyzard.
