as"?Q: When I try compiling a program, GCC aborts saying "Installation
problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or directory (ENOENT)". What
does that mean?
Q: When I try compiling a program, GCC aborts saying "Installation
problem, cannot exec `cpp': No such file". Huh?
A: This usually means that GCC couldn't find some program it needs
to run to compile your source. Check the COMPILER_PATH
environment variable or what the COMPILER_PATH line in the
DJGPP.ENV file says, and make sure they point to the directory
where DJGPP programs reside. Also check that the named directory has
all the required programs: cpp.exe, cc1.exe,
cc1plus.exe, cxxfilt.exe, gasp.exe, as.exe,
ld.exe, and (for Objective-C) cc1obj.exe. A typical case
is when people fail to install the Binutils package and
GCC cannot find as.exe (the assembler) and ld.exe (the
linker). You can use the -v switch to GCC to see what programs
it invokes and which one of them causes the fatal error.
Beginning with version 2.8.0 of GCC, the place where the pre-processor,
cpp.exe, and the C and C++ compilers, cc1.exe and
cc1plus.exe, are installed, has changed: they are no more in the
same directory as gcc.exe itself. If you are using GCC version
2.8.0 or later, and the compiler cannot find cpp.exe or
cc1plus.exe, read the installation instructions carefully: the
file problems.txt explains how to change the settings on
DJGPP.ENV so that GCC will find the pre-processor. Also, be sure
to remove all traces of the previous compiler installation, since mixing
different compiler versions can be another cause for such problems.
See uninstalling a package.