On 6 June 2012 06:48, Anup Ghatage wrote: > Hello, > > I installed a mint Ubuntu 12.04, ran the updates and then downloaded > the tar for gcc-4.7.0. > > Untar'ed it. > ./configure You didn't read the docs then, see http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC > make -j4 > > then it showed this: > make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/UserPC/Downloads/gcc-4. > 7.0/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgcc' > In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:28:0, > from ../.././libgcc/../gcc/tsystem.h:88, > from ../.././libgcc/libgcc2.c:29: > /usr/include/features.h:324:26: fatal error: bits/predefs.h: No such > file or directory I think this might mean you need to install the build-essential package. > compilation terminated. > make[3]: *** [_negdi2.o] Error 1 > In file included from /usr/include/stdio.h:28:0, > from ../.././libgcc/../gcc/tsystem.h:88, > from ../.././libgcc/libgcc2.c:29: > /usr/include/features.h:324:26: fatal error: bits/predefs.h: No such > file or directory > compilation terminated. > make[3]: *** [_lshrdi3.o] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory > `/home/UserPC/Downloads/gcc-4.7.0/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgcc' > make[2]: *** [all-stage1-target-libgcc] Error 2 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/UserPC/Downloads/gcc-4.7.0' > make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/UserPC/Downloads/gcc-4.7.0' > make: *** [all] Error 2 > UserPC@UserPC-desktop:~/Downloads/gcc-4.7.0$ > > I did some background search, the predefs.h error seems to occur when > trying to install a 32 bit binary on a 64 bit Linux. > But My Linux is 32 bit, I double checked that with uname -m, it was i686. > > Also something worth mentioning, when I installed GMP from source, its > configuration file showed a waring saying : gmp.h and libgmp are of > different versions 5.0.5 and 5.0.2 respectively. This should be solved by following the instructions at http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC > Pretty clueless right now, would really appreciate it if anyone could > help. Also, apologies, if this is a repost. If you're clueless you should try reading the docs.
