gcc-4.1 installed..NOT working??!!

[buckO2]

hey guys...

got a load of probs.

i installed gcc-4.1, gcc-4.1-base, etc., etc. but i can't compile anything?? why? 'gcc' 'g++' commands aren't recognized!

[antidrugue]

Did you install the package build-essential ?

Also, make sure both /usr/bin/g++ and /usr/bin/gcc are properly linked (probably to /usr/bin/g++-4.1 and /usr/bin/gcc-4.1).

[buckO2]

thanks. i installed build-essential.
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you said:
Also, make sure both /usr/bin/g++ and /usr/bin/gcc are properly linked (probably to /usr/bin/g++-4.1 and /usr/bin/gcc-4.1).
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how do i do that pls?

[antidrugue]

For example, the output of :

ls -l /usr/bin/g++

shoud be :

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2007-01-08 11:52 /usr/bin/g++ -> g++-4.1

If it isn't, then simply do that :

cd /usr/bin
ln -sf g++-4.1 g++

And very again with ls -l /usr/bin/g++ that it worked.

You can do the same with /usr/bin/gcc