[olug] Knopix/Debian

[Irv Cobb]

Type

whereis gcc

in a terminal to see if it's on the system.

There are a number of ways to make the link, but if you like the gui, 
here's how I do it in KDE:

1. Use Konqeror to navigate to the folder that holds gcc.
2. Right-click gcc, choose rename and call it gccOLD.
3. Left-click gcc-2.95, hold and drag it to the desktop.
4. Choose "link here"
5. Rename the newly created link on the desktop to "gcc".
6. Left-click, hold and drag it back to the Konqeror window.
7. This time, choose "move here".
8. All done!

(To undo this, just delete gcc and rename gccOLD to gcc.)

With apologies to all of the command line lovers who by now are in 
extreme mental anguish . . .

Irv

Tom wrote:

>Well Irv don't want to sound like a total dummy but did not find any gcc
>files in usr/bin or even with a file search.  That could probably the
>problem that it did not install.  But even if it was how do I create a new
>link ?  Is it a file or is there a program to run to do it.  Thanks
>
>Tom
>
>Knoppix installs gcc-3.2 and gcc-2.95 in /usr/bin and then links gcc to
>gcc-3.2 (still in /usr/bin). You can delete or rename the gcc link and
>create a new gcc link in /usr/bin that links to gcc-2.95. This has
>worked for me, for instance with the nvidia drivers. I suggest that when
>you're done compiling you switch the link back to pointing to gcc-3.2 so
>your system is always in a known state.
>
>Holler if this all isn't clear enough.
>
>Irv
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