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How to get GCC on Debian

I did:
sudo apt-get install build-essential

Then I did:
whereis gcc make

The output was: /usr/lib/gcc

I then did
cd /usr/lib/gcc

..and tried:
gcc -lX11 prog.c -o prog ./prog.c

And the output was;
Bash: gcc command not found

Please help. I just want to get to the point that I can compile c code (for X).

Thanks,
Amy

AmyL

Asked: 2013-10-26

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netmaster1355Commented: 2013-10-26

i think your installation is not complete. if it succeed, you should have have /usr/bin/gcc and other directories as well (in whereis result).

verify installation with gcc -v on command line. it should show you version. if you got "gcc command not found", you should try to install it again and check logs during installation to find problem.

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Daniel HelgenbergerCommented: 2013-10-26

Please make sure build-essential is installed:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

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AmyLAuthor Commented: 2013-10-26

You were correct. It appears as though Debian 5 is officially "dead", and my installation was attempting to contact an ftp server no longer in use. I upgraded Debian and it works fine now.

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