Re: egcs installation questions

[Cloudmaster <sauer@uiuc.edu>]

On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Sean Chisek wrote:
> hello.  i have a few questions about installing egcs.  i downloaded the
> .tar.gz file of version 1.0.3 of egcs and untarred it and ran
> ./configure, make and make install to install it.  one question i have
> is did i need to do a make and a make install to install it?   it may be
> a stupid question but i'm wondering if i need to keep all  the
> directories that were made when i untarred it.

make install should move stuff to the correct locations, which is probably
not where you built it - so you can go ahead and delete the build
directory after verifying that it works properly, if I understand
correctly. :)  Personally, I'd prolly tar everything up, put it in /tmp,
and then delete the build directory.  If it stil workd, let cron clean out
/tmp, since you do have it do that occasionally - right? ;)

> does the make install just overwrite the old gcc/g++ files or do i need
> to keep all the other directories so it has the library files? 

IIRC (again), it overwrites.

> also, is there a command to type that will tell me if i'm running the
> gcc/g++ that came with my linux or the gcc/g++ that is egcs? 

since it overwrites, you should be able to do a "gcc --version" and it
oughtta tell you that it's egcs.

BTW, I don't usually know what the hell's coming out of my mouth (or off
of my fingers), so someone may wanna correct me. :)

--Danny, who wishes tha springfield wasn't an hour and a half away so he
	 could come to the meeting on time.


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