[Chaz706]

It seems that the makers of Suse Linux 9.1 forgot to put "make" on this distro!

Please tell me I'm wrong, cause I'm not seeing it, and it's causing hell when I'm trying to install GCC! The lack of a make command is driving me up a wall.

Is there a way to get it off the CD? (is it on the CD?). Can I download a binary from somewhere (cause they forgot the compiler in this thing too!)?

Can I get some prompt help with this problem too? I'm new to linux (less than 48 hours!) and I'm learning things the hard way, by simply using it.

So any help is well appreciated.

[soulbrothax831]

I'm not too familiar with 9.1, but it shouldn't be any different than 9.2. I'm sure that make is on the CD. Try starting up YaST and go to Install/Remove Programs and do a search for make. If nothing comes up, you can try checking here rpmfind.net for the .rpm package.

[andrewdodd13]

The download edition of SuSE 9.1 doesn't come with make or gcc, but I just downloaded them as RPMs from as SuSE mirror, I can find any of them at the moment, so I suggest that you try http://rpmfind.net for gcc and make.
You may also have to download binutils and glibc-devel...

[Chaz706]

Do you know where to find the SUSE mirrors you talked about?

BTW: RPM find is a French Site. Is it safe to download from there? There's a US mirror but it won't load.

I have a binary of GCC now, but thanks for the information.

But I might still need help.

[soulbrothax831]

Here you go: http://www.novell.com/products/linux...t_mirrors.html

[Chaz706]

okay. I didn't find "make" or GCC on the SUSE 9.1 disk.

I did find the RPM for Make 3.8.0 on RPMfind.net. So I downloaded it.

I wanted to be safe and tried to run it from the console, it told me I can't run a binary program from the console. This isn't a binary, it's an RPM! Or is it? I don't know.

So I tried opening it from the window, and it has a button that allows me to install the program via YAST. Ok. I'll try that instead.

Unfortunately, it doesn't do the whole write configuration thing afterward. I look again on the install/remove option thingy under YAST, and I still don't find make. Did it fail to install? I think it did, but I can't be sure.

I deleted the RPM package and tried again. Failed, I think.

Is there something I'm missing?

And does SUSE 9.2 give you guys this much trouble? Should I switch, by downloading the image from Novell and burning it?

[rong]

Go for 9,2 Pro and save yourself a bunch of frustration. All those packages are already included.

[soulbrothax831]

I would second rong's suggestion to go for 9.2; although, it is a little strange that 9.1 is giving all that trouble even after you installed make.

[Chaz706]

Agreed.

Will the FTP version suit? I'd hate to pay for Linux.

Maybe slackware's up my alley?

[retired1af]

Just download the 9.2 DVD ISO. It's huge, but it will have everything you need to get started.