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> Hi all, I am having a linux compiler problem. I have Mandrake 8.1
> installed,
we'll assume that "rpm -i debian" isn't an option here... ;)
> and for some reason, I can't install any software. The first
> problem was that I didn't even have gcc installed. Once I downloaded a gcc
> rpm, I still got error messages comming from the compiler.
error messages would be helpful. what were you compiling?
> Can anyone
> dirrect me to the correct place to get the RPM? for some reason the
> installation disks do not have the correct rpm
doesn't mandrake run an ftp server?
i've had alot of success with rpmfind.net when i used redhat.
lastly, we have mandrake cd's that you can borrow from teh library.
pete
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