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how to install gcc 4.2.1?

Asked by koosha hosseiny

i want to install gcc 4.2.1
but after configuring the gcc, when i type make after a long time,at the end i get these:

make[3]: *** [java/parse-scan.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/Fall/gcc/gcc/host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc'
make[2]: *** [all-stage2-gcc] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/Fall/gcc/gcc'
make[1]: *** [stage2-bubble] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/Fall/gcc/gcc'
make: *** [all] Error 2

and after typing make install, this happens:

koosha@Koosha:/Fall/gcc/gcc$ make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/Fall/gcc/gcc'
/bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local /usr/local
cd: 5: can't cd to host-i686-pc-linux-gnu/fixincludes
make[1]: *** [install-fixincludes] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/Fall/gcc/gcc'
make: *** [install] Error 2

why?what i have to do to install gcc correctly?

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Cesare Montedonico (cmontedonico) said : 		#1

Maybe this its not the answer, but works.

Type this on a therminal

$ sudo apt-get install gcc
this install gcc compiler

and after
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
this install the libraries

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joelgat (carguy) said : 		#2

Hello,

To the Original Poster, 'sudo make install' would have done the trick, if you wanted to install the latest and greatest (ie, not the repository version). Cesare's version installs the repository version, which at the time of my response is 0.0.1 behind.

Joel

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pasan (pasanindeewara) said : 		#3

sudo apt-get install build-essential works fine - Pasan Indeewara

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