[Gixx]

OK, I'm new to Linux, so be gentle -
I successfully installed Mandrake 8.2, installing almost everything as far as packets go. I tried to run a make on a program I downloaded from the internet and am having problems. When I 'configured' it, it said something like 'checking to see if c++ working : 'no', looking for g++ : 'no'. Then the make would not work,giving me errors about c++ and g++. I read somewhere that 8.2 uses c++-3.01 and g++-3.01. The program I'm using may not support anything greater than c++ or G++, is there a way to install and use just c++,g++ instead of the newer model of these ? or is there a way to install them and link everything that tries to use one for the other ?
I've actually tried two separate programs and they both "throw up" at this point, but they are both looking for "basic" g++ and c++, not the g++ - 3.01.
ANY help would be greatly appreciated. I'm running this on an old 100mhz pentium, and if I can get this to work, i'll probably be putting it on a much more capable computer, but I wanted to try it out first.

[codejockey]

You might try the following from the command line:

type g++
type c++

Here is the output on my system:

ROOT: 32 /root-> type g++
g++ is /usr/bin/g++
ROOT: 33 /root-> type c++
c++ is /usr/bin/c++

If you receive a "not found" message for either of these (or both), that is likely the problem. This message means that g++ and/or c++ is not "visible" on your system (it may be there, but not in a known location or it may be missing entirely).

Any info appreciated. Hope this helps.