On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:39:45 -0400, chris kuhlman wrote: > Hello: > > 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. The documentation at http://gcc.gnu.org/install/ certainly doesn't tell you to do that. > 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/ The instructions there look pretty explicit to me. Pay particular heed to http://gcc.gnu.org/install/configure.html "First, we highly recommend that GCC be built into a separate directory than the sources which does not reside within the source tree..." > What am I doing wrong? Not reading the documentation with due care and attention? ;-) -- Lionel B
