0.9.2 missing compiler ?

Hi,

I installed 0.9.2 on a 712/80, installation went nicely but there's no gcc installed. :-( Appears there is no such package on the CD. There is a package on the 9.0 CD (which failed to install any packages.....) but I can't figure out how to get that installed. Tried "apt-get install ./<filename>" but get an error message about python-zlib !?!? I'm not Debian-literate, so how do I get the compiler ?

Thanks,
Christian

Christian Suder writes...

man apt-get
man sources.list
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get install gcc

Reply if you still need help after that.

Matt Taggart        Linux Development Lab
[email protected]   HP Linux Systems Operation

Hi Christian,

If you have your box connected to the web (that should be true
regarding where you work :), you just have to add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main

If you have a proxy to get http working, you have to create the file /etc/apt/apt.conf which containts this:
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://your.proxy.fqdn:port/";

And then just a little apt-get update where you should see that it downloads the files.

For your information, I just had a look to the big ISO and I get that:

spqr:/cdrom1/dists/sid/main/binary-hppa/more_packages# ls gcc
gcc-3.0-base_3.0-3_all.deb
gcc-hppa64_3.0-0pre010427.0.0.1_hppa.deb
gcc_3.0-6_hppa.deb

So, it seems to be there. Perhaps, you have the little one without it. Try to download the big one, if the instructions above do not work.

Regards, Thomas
ESIEE Team