aarrgh.. don't use gcc 2.96 it's broken and buggy... use some newer verions (3x) instead.. cheers- Sayamindu
On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 11:22:47PM +0530, Kinjal Sonpal said: > Hi Friends ! > > I'm trying to install gcc-2.96-84.i386.rpm ( taken from the PCQ > Linux CD) on a RHL 6.2 (zoot ?) m/c. The installation is almost a > yr old and it does not have any of the development tools as well > as compiler .. > > When I issue the following command > > $ rpm -i gcc-2.96-84.i386.rpm > > I get the following error > > Error : The current version of rpm only supports packages > having major number <= 3. > > I checked up with rpm docs and cud understand that in the above > rpm, _2.96_ is supposed to be the major number. > > Then in order to upgrade the current installation of rpm, which I > thought cud be the cause of the trouble, I tried to use the rpm > installation binary available from the same CD. I got the same > error for it. In fact, I got the same error for all the packages > that I tried to install/upgrade. > > What cud be wrong here? I'm not supposed to remove the current > installation, nor do I have direct CD-Drive access to this m/c. > > Thanks a lot in advance > > Regards, > Kinjal Sonpal > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Deleting dot files LOST #163 Doing a 'rm -f *' within a directory will remove all the files within the directory but NOT invisible DOT (.) files. You need to do a: '$rm .[A-Za-z0-9]*' # To delete DOT files ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
