[royeo]

I have Fedora Core 6 and use KDE.

I tried to install a new graphics driver and in an error message it said it couldn't locate file cc. Then it said maybe cc isn't in your path. How can determine what's in your path, also, how would you include the path to a certain file in your path?

Thanks,

royeo

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by royeo

I have Fedora Core 6 and use KDE.

I tried to install a new graphics driver and in an error message it said it couldn't locate file cc. Then it said maybe cc isn't in your path. How can determine what's in your path, also, how would you include the path to a certain file in your path?

Thanks,

royeo

Hi royeo,

The quickest way to determine the location of cc (if you both have cc and its directory is in your path) is to issue the command:

which cc

If you do not have cc then you may have gcc, so issue: which gcc

If you have gcc, there should be a symbolic link from cc to gcc.

To determine what directories are in your path, issue the command: echo $PATH

Read the man page for bash (if that is your default shell), and specifically look up the set builtin command under BUILTIN COMMANDS (the man page is a long file).

The set command would be issued as a regular command in a terminal window.

You can add a new directory to your path by issuing the set command, e.g.:

set PATH=$PATH:<new dir>

where <new dir> would be replaced by the full path name of <new dir> and append the new directory path to the end of the PATH variable.

If you don't have either cc or gcc, then your best option is to download the gcc .rpm package from the Fedora website via an update or a direct download and then install it with the rpm command. Note: read the rpm man page.

-- Tom

P.S. Go to your local bookstore (Barnes and Noble) and buy a book on Red Hat Linux Fedora.

[ghostdog74]

IMO the best way to locate a certain command like your example cc or gcc, is to do a thorough search from /.

find / -type f  \( -name "cc' -o -name "gcc" \) -print

say if you have found them and know where they are located, you can include them in either your profile, or the script that is going to call the cc/gcc commands.
to do it in your profile or the script, depending on which distro you have,
- vi your profile
- add PATH=$PATH:<your cc path here, found by find>
- export PATH