How do I run an installed program not seen by KDE

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haskle : 10/10/02 03:16 AM : Incident created -   Despite the fact that the experts, or one of them seems reluctant to answer simple questions, I'm going to broach this subject again. I want to use GCC. It was on my installation disk, but apparently didn't load during initial installment. I think I have installed it. At least I can find it listed in installed programs under software management. My quest tion now is how do I run it? KDE apparently doesn't see it. I've found no way to get KDE to see it. AS I said I can list it and get a one sentence description with software manager, but I can't run it from there. If I wanted to use command line, I don't even know what the name of the executable file is! GCC in command line results in exactly nothing! There are some other programs which I would like to load and run too. Either I'm extremely stupid or Mandrake's documentation is a wee bit lacking.
Linegod_7611 : 10/10/02 04:50 AM : Reply received -   At a console, type 'gcc' and then hit tab. It should complete to 'gcc-3.2' (or whatever version you have). You can also do 'rpm -ql gcc|more' and it will output the files installed (you can do this with other programs also). Look for programs in '/usr/bin' , '/usr/sbin', '/sbin', or '/bin' in the list, and those are the files that you will be able to execute. As a note, however, gcc is a just a compiler, not a Interactive Development Enviroment, like kdevelop or MS Visual Basic. gcc is usually just run against a code that was either developed in a IDE, or done by hand. --------- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
MandrakeSoft : 10/10/02 04:42 PM : Reply received -   Hello, The gcc software is a c compilateur, for using it you must devellope one program and compile it with the gcc command. No if you don't have it, you can install it by using this command in console as root : urpmi gcc Best regards, The technical support team. Mandrakesoft.
haskle : 11/10/02 03:25 AM : Incident closed -

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