CentOS - May 2010 - which gcc package?

Hello.
I tried to compile a program (plugger), but I don't have *any* sort of 
compiler installed. This is on Cent5.3.

So, I used Package Manager, concentrating on gcc. But, it seems that I 
have a choice, thus:
gcc-4.1.2-46.el5.i386
gcc-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386
gcc-4.1.2-46.el5_4.2.i386
gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5.i386
gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386
gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5_4.2.i386
... along with some others (Fortran, Ada, Java, and Obj-C).

I'm thinking that I need only 1 'flavor' (say, gcc-4.1.2-46.el5.i386
and
gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5.i386) - correct?

I tried a google.com/linux search - the only link that seemed helpful 
was  http://gcc.gnu.org/  -- where I found only this:
"The core distribution includes the C language front end as well as the 
shared components." I have no clue which package would be the FE, and 
what the shared components are. Perhaps 1 of those packages is the core?

At Sat, 08 May 2010 09:23:32 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at
centos.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> I tried to compile a program (plugger), but I don't have *any* sort of 
> compiler installed. This is on Cent5.3.
> 
> So, I used Package Manager, concentrating on gcc. But, it seems that I 
> have a choice, thus:
> gcc-4.1.2-46.el5.i386
> gcc-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386
> gcc-4.1.2-46.el5_4.2.i386
> gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5.i386
> gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386
> gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5_4.2.i386
> ... along with some others (Fortran, Ada, Java, and Obj-C).
> 
> I'm thinking that I need only 1 'flavor' (say,
gcc-4.1.2-46.el5.i386 and
> gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5.i386) - correct?
You just need to do 'yum install gcc gcc-c++ binutils glibc-devel'. 
You might also need to do a 'yum install make autoconf automake
libtool' as well, depending on what Plugger uses as it build system
(and what else you don't have installed).  You might also need various
???-devel packages as well.
> 
> I tried a google.com/linux search - the only link that seemed helpful 
> was  http://gcc.gnu.org/  -- where I found only this:
> "The core distribution includes the C language front end as well as
the
> shared components." I have no clue which package would be the FE, and 
> what the shared components are. Perhaps 1 of those packages is the core?
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On 05/08/2010 06:23 AM, Michael Klinosky wrote:
> Hello.
> I tried to compile a program (plugger), but I don't have *any* sort of
> compiler installed. This is on Cent5.3.
>
>    
[...]
> I tried a google.com/linux search - the only link that seemed helpful
> was  http://gcc.gnu.org/  -- where I found only this:
> "The core distribution includes the C language front end as well as
the
> shared components." I have no clue which package would be the FE, and
> what the shared components are. Perhaps 1 of those packages is the core?
>    
I would use a group install rather than messing around package by 
package. As root run:

yum groupinstall 'Development Libraries' 'Development Tools'

-- 
Benjamin Franz