help new to linux compileing

Angelox · #1 09-23-2008, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by spider661

well i would have used Debian but i did not know about it and was told fedora one of the best so i set it up took me days to get it working right and now im all set up ith the web server and all working finally so dont want to start over..

Seems to me, they are all Linux (the distros)- if you understand Linux then you won't have problems with any of them. Problem you have is probably the same problem I had ('WtF did I do now?' problem)
Eventually, you learn the 'why' of it all and it gets a lot easier. One thing that really helped me a lot was the ability to Google my problems, and get instant solutions.
I figure if I got that error, there must be more people in the world with the same error and there was (usually thousands to choose from).
I have Mandriva, but the errors I got were the same all the other distros got. Like that GCC one, for example.

Andrew80k · #2 09-23-2008, 10:39 AM

I use Fedora and it works beautifully. But I also use Core 8, not 9. My guess is that Derision is correct and your gcc is breaking the compile. Either that or you don't have the development stuff installed. My guess is the former though. You could always remove the gcc packages and install the older stuff from 8. I'd tell you how to do that, but I leave that as an exercise for the student...

spider661 · #3 09-23-2008, 02:25 PM

woot i got it working.. i think... if it dont says any errors that means it worked right? i did not see anything that said successful either way..

anyways.. going to try it out now.. think i uninstalled half my system removing the files and there dependency's to be able to install the older gcc plus its dependency's but if it works i guess it was worth it :P

Andrew80k · #4 09-23-2008, 02:49 PM

Yeah, that's fun huh. As long as you have the executable's in their various directories then it worked. The linking process is the last part in each of the compile processes, provided you used the supplied make file, which I'm sure you did.

**trevius** · #5 09-23-2008, 05:44 PM

Ya, if it finished without any errors listed at the end, then it was successful. Gratz and welcome to the real server world! :P

I think you will be pleased with it over windows. Were you able to get your tools working remotely from a separate windows PC for customizing? I explained a little about how to do that in the Debian Install Wiki if you need help with it. I imagine most of it should apply to Fedora as well.

spider661 · #6 09-23-2008, 06:00 PM

yep thats all basic networking so ya there all working cross server. sence im on a static ip for the server makes it alot easyer

**trevius** · #7 09-23-2008, 06:05 PM

There is a bit more than networking involved for most tools like GeorgeS and even Navicat if you want to be able to use them over the LAN. You probably need to adjust some settings for MySQL if it works the same as it does on Debian.

If you don't use either of those tools, then I guess it doesn't matter :P