GCC Binary?!

[rabbit]

http://gcc.gnu.org/install/binaries.html

Which one?

I need to update GCC (I have 3.3.6 now, which is too old) to install glibc.  I tried doing ./configure (worked fine) and make, and therein lies the problem.  I called make at around 8am, and cancled it at about 1pm, as it was not done.  During that time my computer was too slow to do anything, so I decided to just give up and get a binary.

[Joe]

Can't you build the new GCC using the old GCC?

[Ergot]

http://slackware.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware-10.2/testing/packages/gcc-3.4.4/

http://slackware.mirrors.easynews.com/linux/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/

Just be careful, in my experiences I had to go back and install gcc-3.3.x because of older software that weren't compiled with gcc-3.4.x needed it or something like that.

To install the packages do # upgradepkg pkgname.tgz to deleted the old and install the new
#installpkg pkgname.tgz to install it over the old.

[rabbit]

installpkg is broken

bash-3.00# installpkg gcc-3.4.4-i486-1.tgz
bash: installpkg: command not found

[Joe]

# installpkg installpkg

[Ergot]

# installpkg installpkg

Hehe... please leave.

Isn't installpkg part of pkgtool? Did you do a full install of Slackware?

[rabbit]

I did complete install yesterday.  I downloaded pkgtool, unpacked it and then used it on its packed self...but even then I couldn't use *pkg commands.  What's weird is I can pull up the man page for any of them -.-