On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 12:35:26PM -0400, Mehul wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to build/install gcc on my Linux laptop and I am having > problems doing that. I have read through the documentation and nothing > seems to help me out. I would therefore like some1 to help me out. This list is for GCC development, your question is better suited to gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx > I downloaded gcc.4.0.0, unzipped, after which I had two directories > under the main directory gcc and libs***. The documentation says that > I need to create separate directory for object files. but under which > direcrtory should I create them. Neither, create it somewhere else, _anywhere_ else - but not in the same directory as the sources. > It says once I am done configuring I shoudl run the configure script > to build it. I couldnt find a configure script under gcc, all I have > is *.c files. I found one under libs**** directory but when I try to > run that it says > "configure: error: cannot find install-sh or install.sh in . ./.. ./../.." > > Can some1 please tell what I doing wrong. What about in the top-level directory above gcc and lib*** ? This should work: tar xzvf gcc-X.Y.Z.tar.gz [creates a directory called something like gcc-X.Y.Z] mkdir obj cd obj ../gcc-X.Y.Z/configure jon
