Subject: Re: Compilation problem
From: David Starks-Browning <[email-masked]>
To: Ced <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:11:32 +0100

On Thursday 18 Jul 02, Ced writes:
> Hello David,
> 
> Thursday, July 18, 2002, 11:42:01 AM, you wrote:
> 
> DSB> On Thursday 18 Jul 02, Ced writes:
> >> gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or directory
> >> configure: failed program was:
> >> (..)
> 
> DSB> Read the FAQ entry "What packages should I download?"
> 
> i've already read it..
> 
> DSB> If you did that, and followed the advice there, and it still doesn't
> DSB> work, let us know.
> 
> "If you want to build programs, of course you'll need `gcc',
> `binutils', `make' and probably other packages from the "Devel"
> category. "
> 
> I have all the Devel packages..
> it worked for a while, but now i can't compile anything

Something is screwed up with your installation.  "as" is in binutils.
Does "type as" find it?

Write a simple "helloworld.c" program and try to compile it with "gcc -v".

David

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