Getting C++ Working in Mandrake 7.1

Another Mandrake nightmare. . .

I'm taking a C++ course at OSU this fall so I wanted to get C-Forge up
and running so I tried a simple Hello World program and it failed to compile.

After searching the web, installing everything I could find as root w/anything
with the letters c++ using "rpmdrake," and otherwise becoming agitated,

I returned to this page:
http://www.pcs.cnu.edu/linux/wwwboard/messages/344.html .

I ran, as suggested:

shell> rpm -qa | grep "g[+|c]"

to see what relevant packages were installed.

I failed to find:

gcc-c++-2.95.2-7mdk.i586.rpm

(This is the one that is needed to compile c++ programs on Mandrake 7.1!)

You can find it on the Mandrake 7.1 Installation CD (first one, as Matt
Shivers posted, under /Mandrake/RPMS)

After installing you can do a:

shell> g++ -v

to see if you get recognition.

WHeww. . .

other sources:
http://www.arachnoid.com/cpptutor/setup_unix.html
http://www.pcs.cnu.edu/linux/wwwboard/messages/344.html

J.M. 09/06/01
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