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Hi Samuel, I am currently in Brazil, and my access to the Internet is not continuous... re: what is 'Any luck on this one?' referring to > Actually, the first question was referring to the install of McIDAS on linux > 5 workstation. > We can't seem to get 'yum update' to work properly, and gcc won't complile > .cpp files. > Please see attached message. There was no message attached to your email. Below is the reply I sent to you back on December 1 and for which I have been waiting word from you: > Date: 20071201.0213 MST > > Hi Samuel, > > re: > > Dave and I have been trying to use 'yum update gcc-c++' or > > 'yum install gcc-c++' with no success. > > To find out exactly which package to install using yum, do the following > on your fully configured RedHat Enterprise 5 workstation: > > rpm -qf `which cpp` > > This will list out the full name of the package that needs to be installed > on the machine(s) that don't have complete development environments. > > > The machine seems to be up-to-date as far as it's packages, but a simple > > 'cpp hello.cpp' doesn't even work. it gives "cpp: error trying to exec > > 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory" > > This is more involved than C++ not being installed. It is as if C++ is > installed, but some piece of the installation is missing/bad. > > > We were wondering if that's an option for Redhat Enterprise 5 64 bit edition > > I am assuming so, but I have no way of guaranteeing this as we do not > have a RedHat Enterprise 5 system in-house that we can use to verify the > exact procedure needed. > > Can you give me access to the machine on which you are having problems? > If the machine is not accessible from outside of the CUP campus, this > may require that you (re)give me access to shu.cup.edu after enabling > shu.cup.edu to have access to the machine in question. > > Cheers, > > Tom Again, since we do not have a RedHat Enterprise 5 machine in-house, I am unable to replicate your situation. The only way for me to help troubleshoot your problem is by getting a login as 'mcidas' and 'root' on the machine(s) you are having problems on. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XRR-599672 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed