Chris, Here's what I do when I build gcc with my Sun workstation that runs Solaris 8. I'm sorry about the line break in step 7. The whole "configure" command should be on only one line. > 1. Ftp the gcc tarball from ftp.gnu.org. 2. Copy the tarball into /usr/src. 3. Uncompress the tarball with bunzip2. 4. Untar the tarball. 5. Create a directory that's in /usr/src, but outside gcc's source tree. For example, I might call that outer directory "gc." 6. Cd into that other directory, into the one I call "gc". 7. Type, for example, "/usr/src/gcc-4.3.0/configure --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as" without the quotation marks. 8. Run "make bootstrap". 9. run "make install". 10. Strip the gcc programs that the worksation installs in /usr/local/bin. 12. Delete the gcc source tree and the "gc" directory both from /usr/src. HTH. Bill > > > > I downloaded gcc-4.3.0 from the gnu site and am trying to install and > > build it on a linux cluster with i86 processors. > > > > I tried to find prebuilt binaries but was able to. > > > > So, I am trying to build it from the source. I have read through the > > online documentation, but am hoping that default settings will be OK, > > because there was a lot I did not understand. gcc versions 3.3.5, > > 3.4.3; 4.0.1-4.0.3, up to 4.1.0 are already on the machine, so I figured > > that I could build from one of those. > > > > However, I look in the gcc-4.3.0 directory and I type "make" and I get: > > make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. > > > > There is a configure script and I ran that. However, in general, I am > > looking for instructions on how to proceed. I could not find explicit > > instruction for doing the build within gcc and the URL: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/install/ > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > I am most grateful. > > ck > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Please visit a saintly hero: > http://www.jakemoore.org > > And a boy with a wonderful wish: > http://shaneswish.com/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ Please visit a saintly hero: http://www.jakemoore.org And a boy with a wonderful wish: http://shaneswish.com/
