GCC pain

[Addis]

Well Mandriva comes with GCC 4.0.1 which is good, but the problem comes when I try to compile programs from source that I download.

When I do the usual

./configure
make
make install

it the compiler always gives errors and doesn't finish the build. Would you recommend that I downgrade to GCC 3.x or could I install it alongside 4.0.1?

 

[Anti-Trend]

...Would you recommend that I downgrade to GCC 3.x or could I install it alongside 4.0.1?

Most programs are not geared for GCC4 yet since it's so new. You can install GCC3 alongside GCC4, but don't remove GCC4 -- MDV 2006 is built with it, and you'll need it later.

...By the way, the program you're compiling wouldn't happen to be available via urpmi, would it? If so, compiling from source is a collosal waste of time. ;)

-AT

 

[Addis]

No its some temperature monitoring software and some other bits that I found. I would use urpmi if I could. I'll get 3.x then...