how to install gcc4.0 ?

[buckO2]

hello out there,

could one of u pls guide me to install gcc4.0 on debian? i downloaded the gcc4.0 as a ????.tar.gz and i can unzip it. but i've got no idea how to install it!!

i'm new to Linux and to Debian!!!

buckO2

[techieMoe]

The easiest way to install things in Debian (in my opinion) is to use Debian's built-in software installer, apt-get. You should be able to get the latest version of gcc with a command something like this:

apt-get install gcc

[buckO2]

thanks...i tried that. but gives me a message as follows:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
...
...then says a lot of crap about unmet dependencies!!!!!
...
...
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

help!!!

buckO2

[devils casper]

execute this

apt-get install build-essential

Casper

[buckO2]

thanks...but the that didn't work either...but as the message on the terminal suggested..i typed:

apt-get install -f

and it gave a warning message and asked me to type "Yes, do as I say!" - up to the challenge I did so. ..@#$%#%^$%& it removed most of my system packages and made it useless ...not even a window manager was there!!!!

i reinstalled and now it's fine!

i got a fresh prob though..will typr it under multimedia issue in a fresh post

thanks loads

buckO2

[antidrugue]

Those errors are very suspicious. May I ask what is the content of your /etc/apt/sources.list file ? And which Debian version are you trying to follow ?

[buckO2]

i use debian etch. the latest was downloaded to me on a dvd by one of my friends.

my sources.list content is a little different now. but how it used to be before everything was removed was as follows:

........................
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20070130-09:57]/ etch contrib main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 DVD Binary-1 20070130-09:57]/ etch contrib main

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian testing main contrib non-free

deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
........................

may i know what u suspect here?