On 01/06/2012, blessman11 <blessingta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Summary: > Operating system: (Linux) Ubuntu 12.04 > Downloaded the “gcc-4.7.0.tar.gz” and “gcc-4.6.3-4.7.0.diff.gz” files You don't need the diffs > Unzipped the folders using the command terminal > > Problem > For the past 5days I’ve been trying to install this compiler using the > terminal since the latest version of gcc isn’t available in the software > centre (4.6.3 is there instead). And I don’t want gcc 4.6.3 since it has > inferior C++ 11 support which I really need for my dissertation project the > next academic year. So far I’m stuck on stage 3 of the stages listed below > according to the documentation. > > 1. Prerequisites > 2. Downloading the source > 3. Configuration > 4. Building > 5. Testing (the optional phase) > 6. Final Install > > When triying to configure the files I've tried these commands (and they > failed) > > mkdir var/gcc > cd var/gcc > usr@tubuntu:~/Downlaods/gcc-4.7.0$ configure > [--with-pkgversion=version] [--target=target] > //error received > “configure: command not found ” > > I thought this was how configuration was done since the stallation document > index.html stated so. So afterwards I decided to try other methods like: > > sudo ./configure > and > sudo make ./configure > > and I get these errors > “./configure: command not found ” > > It just feels like it doesn't want to be configured at all, all my efforts > have been in vain and its day 5 now with no progress, very irritating :((. > Plus I've rudementary commands like > > make > > make install > > configure > > make configure > > sudo apt-get install > for sudo apt-get install I get the following output and nothing else :( > > “Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 170 not upgraded. ” > > What do I do were can I find a decent tutorial since even the installation > files are giving me a headache and I'm feeling quite discouraged at the > moment. > http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/GCC4.7.0-Linux-installation-headache-tp33946047p33946047.html > Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
