16-May-00 19:01 you wrote:

Hi

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For now, it would be useful to know what computer, cpu, distribution and it's version no. that you have.

It's a pentium II, 450Mhz pc and the distribution is Mandrake 7.0.

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You should have gpc in directory /usr/local/bin

gpc is in /usr/bin

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(If you build gpc from the sources make install puts it there along with 9 other files)

I have built gpc from the binaries from http://www.rpmfind.net. I took gpc-19990118-2rh6_i386.rpm from "mandrake cooker" as my linux is Mandrake 7.0.

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When you invoke gpc it has it's own search path which you can find with gpc -print-search-dirs

I got a list the following list:: install: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ programs: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ :/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux :/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ :/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux :/usr/i386-redhat-linux/bin/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ :/usr/i386-redhat-linux/bin/ libraries: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ :/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ :/usr/i386-redhat-linux/lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ :/usr/i386-redhat-linux/lib/ :/usr/lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ :/usr/lib/ :/lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ :/lib/ :/usr/lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ :/usr/lib/

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In one of the "libraries" directory you should have this group of files:

SYSCALLS.c.X cpp* crtend.o gpc1* libgpc.a cc1* crtbegin.o crtendS.o include/ specs collect2* crtbeginS.o gpc-cpp* libgcc.a units/

I can't find all these files in one directory. In /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/, I have: crtbegin.o crtend.o gpc-cpp* libgcc.a specs crtbeginS.o crtendS.o gpc1* libgpc.a units/

It's parts of gpc.

I have looked for the other files and I find them in : /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux/2.95.2 but I don't have gpc1*, libgpc.a, gcc-cpp* and /units here?...

Since it's parts of gcc, not gpc :-)

And moreover, I can't find these directories!... : :/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ , /usr/i386-redhat-linux/lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/, /usr/i386-redhat-linux/lib/ or /usr/lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs.2.91.66/ !!!

I start to understand that gpc doesn't have all the informations it needs... How can I do to organize better all this?

You can : 1. try to move/copy files from 2.95.2 to egcs.2.91.66 and hope for best. 2. install egcs from RedHat 6.x intead of Mandrake's gcc 2.95.2 3. download gpc sources (latest alpha, not beta!) and compile it yourself (you'll need gcc sources from Madnrake's CD as well).

Choice 1. is fastest way, choice 3. is most reliable way (using parts of wrong compiler can lead to sublte problem - they are in different dirictorie on purpose)...

Do I have to clean all I have installed and start again with maybe a better choice for the binary or by building gpc from the source?

If you have any (even small) expirience in installing programs from sources then best way is to compile everything yourself.