C++ compiler error

[thesword]

Hey everybody..
I'm a new Linux user, I'm using the last Kubuntu version. Now, when I try to install programs I got the error (when I use the ./configure command):

checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.

I downloaded the gcc-4.1.1, but I tried to installed it as they wrote in the install section in the web site, my steps was:

mkdir gcc
cd gcc
gcc-4.1.1/configure

make CFLAGS='-O' LIBCFLAGS='-g -O2' \
            LIBCXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fno-implicit-templates' bootstrap

now when I run the commands:

cd gcc
make install

I got an error..

can you help me in this case please

[trash]

Re: C++ compiler error

if you are trying to install all the programs needed for compilation in dapper drake the easiest way is this

launch konsole from the system folder

sudo su (and enter password)
apt-get install g++

and then

apt-get install make

that should add all libraries you need for source compilation

x

[kubicle]

Re: C++ compiler error

You can also install the base compiling tools with a one-liner:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Or installing 'build-essential' with Adept.

Also is there a reason why you wish to compile gcc-4.1.1 from source, as it's available from the package repositories (and therefore easily installable with either apt-get, adept or synaptic, whichever you prefer)?

The package name in the repos is gcc-4.1, but the latest version is 4.1.1

[thesword]

Re: C++ compiler error

Thanks a lot Now it works