Re: [Nolug] installing gnu compiler

From: pltaylor <pltaylor_at_sstar.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 06:05:13 -0600
Message-ID: <3E3A6679.4020504@sstar.com>

I have the latest 2.7 version of Libranet on disks if you want to borrow it

Chris Bloch wrote:

>Libranet? I will look into it.
> This was actually my girlfriend's box that I built
>her, and so the PRIME consideration was ease of use.
>Mandrake was the only install that automatically
>configured the right sound card, network and video out
>of lycoris, an older mandrake, knoppix, and ark (which
>wouldn't even boot)
>
>Likewise, these same distro's didn't configure on my
>box. I couldn't even get mandrake to boot, on my semi
>new computer. The main problem has been getting sound
>out of my intel i810 chipset which does not get
>configured right on any distro. I trashed gentoo
>which was GREAT except for this. If I could have
>fixed it I would have stuck with it, just because
>installing software was so easy.
>
>Please give me more suggestions for friendly distros.
>
>
>--- Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>>On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 13:28, Joey Kelly wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Chris,
>>>
>>>Mandrake must have a way to install new software.
>>>
>>>
>>Drakconfig, perhaps? I
>>
>>
>>>don't remember much about MDK, as I only ran it
>>>
>>>
>>for like 2 weeks, but I know
>>
>>
>>>you can install new stuff via whatever installer
>>>
>>>
>>it uses.
>>
>>
>>>Hey, if you get in a bind, my offer still stands,
>>>
>>>
>>I'll come over to your
>>
>>
>>>place and hold your hand (save the jokes, Ron) if
>>>
>>>
>>you need me to.
>>
>>Whatever are you talking about, Joey?
>>
>>I was going to tell him to dump Mdk and go for
>>Libranet. Underneath
>>all that newbie-friendliness is a *real* OS just
>>waiting to bust out...
>>
>>
>>
>>>Thou spake:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>> I just reinstalled my computer with the new
>>>>
>>>>
>>mandrake
>>
>>
>>>>beta, but it doesn't come with any compiler
>>>>
>>>>
>>tools, or
>>
>>
>>>>a lot of the other software that would come in
>>>>
>>>>
>>the
>>
>>
>>>>normal release.
>>>> How would I go about installing gcc? How can
>>>>
>>>>
>>it
>>
>>
>>>>compile itself?
>>>>
>>>>Very confused,
>>>>Chris Bloch
>>>>
>>>>
>>--
>>
>>
>>
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