I've just installed redhat 6.2 on one of my systems and am trying to install the gcc c compiler after downloading an rpm from the redhat site. The damn thing gives me:
only major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
what do I do, it does the same with the latest rpm of php
help!
Upgrade RPM first.
Then upgrade other packages.
Check at ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/ for a newer package (they're in the 4.0.* tree now) and install. Please post back with any questions.
which one should I download?
there are loads and it makes no sence to me!
how am I supposed to install this?
Install one that has a version number greater than three.
My guess (assuming that you're on Intel-compatible {i386} hardware) would be that you need this RPM:
ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.0.x/rpm-4.0.4-7x.i386.rpm
If you can't install that via rpm, you may have to do it the old fashioned way:
ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.0.x/rpm-4.0.4.i386.tar.gz
Post back to let us know how you are doing with that.
Also, try not to get too dependant on RPM - it's not very flexible to the end user (What if I want to install samba in /opt, not /usr/lib , for example?), and so far as I know, only Linux systems use it. If you want a new app that isn't released by a Linux vendor / software writer (which includes lots, if not most, of the great software out there), you'll have to use something other than RPM.
thanks m8.
I just want to check though
when I tried to install the new rpm
I get this message.
dependancy problems
rpm requires popt =1.6.4
rpm requires rpmlib <=3.0.4-1
libz2.so.1
and others
should i carry on or what.
Yeah, it looks like you'll have to install those too...
Or Update; that would be more correct to say, since you have them, they're just older versions...
I guess instead of updating world+dog just to get gcc installed, could you settle for an older version of gcc?
lol.
Your right but I don't know where to get an older version of the compiler.
I bet you do though.
You might be able to find one at www.rpmfind.net
Search for "gcc". I didn't see any for Redhat 6.2, but it did go all the way back to 5.2...
Do you still have the install CD set? It should be there too... I'll poke around a little bit more later on - see if I can find an old mirror.