Well explained Jonathan Thanks On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 5 August 2014 17:54, Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari wrote: >> Yes I did that before, I removed the gcc and when I tried to build a >> new gcc from source it crashed complaining that no C compiler is >> present. Isn't it weird that installation of C compiler needs C >> compiler as a pre-requisite.? > > You don't need a compiler to install a C compiler, you need a compiler > to *compile* a C compiler, just like you need a compiler to compile > any program. > > If you just want to install gcc you use 'yum' or 'rpm' to do that, > instead of compiling it yourself. > > If you want to compile gcc, obviously you need a compiler of some kind. > > It might seem weird but it's not, it's quite normal. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_%28compilers%29 -- Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari Electronic Engineer Research & Development Division Pakistan Meteorological Department H-8/2, Islamabad. Phone # off +92519250361 Cell # +923155145014 Fax # +92519250368 www.pmd.gov.pk
