Introduction and problem

[vain20]

Hello.

A few days ago I got my own computer, hurray! I decided on Mandriva Linux as my os because it was free. When I finally got it installed I began to put all my favorite programming languages on it using the software management tool. I succesfully put python and perl on it but when I try to download gcc-g++ I get the following error message.

Sorry, the following package cannot be selected:

- gcc-c++-4.2.2-3.1mdv2008.0.i586

What does that mean?

I made a test script in python to make sure it worked and it did, but when I did the same thing in perl it didnt work.

I put down this code

print "Hello World\n";

I saved this script as hello.txt I went into the command line and said

perl hello.txt

and it came up with this

Cant open perl script, no such file or directory

Thanks for all the help!

[fingal]

Hello

Try saving the Perl file with a *.pl extention instead of *.txt. This might be useful for you to read: http://www.linuxforums.org/programmi..._lesson_1.html

Not sure about the gcc problem. How did you go about installing it? Usually you log in as root and type urpmi gcc...

[vain20]

Even with the perl extension it doesnt work.