Hello!
I've found an inquiry from a few years ago in these pages that asks
almost exactly the question I have, but unfortunately there is no
reply posted, so I'm trying again.
My system is running SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.1, which is the
retail version of SUSE, and this particular version did not include
the gcc-fortran subpackage, although it did include gcc with c, c++
and some other important capabilities. In order to install some data
analysis executables I need the fortran compiler, but I have been told
in no uncertain terms that they (Novell - the commercial packagers of
this version of Linux) no longer support that capability. More
irritatingly, gcc -v reveals that indeed gcc WAS built with the
fortran language included -- they just did not include it on the DVD.
SO, I'm hoping to install gcc-fortran after the fact, but exactly how
to proceed is not obvious to me. I have downloaded and unzipped/
untarred the gcc-fortran tarball for the appropriate version (4.1.2)
in a temporary directory, separate from any of the src or bin
directories. Documentation on how to add a gcc subpackage when there
is already a partial gcc installation is a bit thin in both the GNU
pages and the SUSE pages (both commercial and open).
Alternatively I am considering doing a complete, more up-to-date
installation of gcc, including ALL subpackages, but I'm also unsure
about how to do this. While I'm not particularly concerned with
keeping multiple versions of gcc intact, I would like to avoid
creating any issues with these programs running because I was careless
about overwriting shared libraries or something.
Note that this is the first time I have been an administrator (or
anything but an end-user) of Linux, so my confidence and experience
are both a bit shaky.
MANY THANKS in advance!
-stephen
