topic Re: g++: installation problem on RHEL 5.3 in Operating System - Linux

g++: installation problem on RHEL 5.3

gab_in — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:59:30 GMT

We are facing a problem in our RHEL 5.3 server after upgrading it from RHEL4.6 to RHEL 5.3. We are trying to compile C++ file on the same machine and getting the below error message. When we try to compile any .cpp file using g++ we get the following error:

[root@test1]# /usr/bin/g++ test.cpp

g++: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': No such file or directory

[root@test1]#

We have checked the gcc and g++ installation and below are the path where there packages are installed on the server. We also tried to find “cc1plus” file but it is not there on the server.

[root@test1]# whereis gcc
gcc: /usr/bin/gcc /usr/lib/gcc /usr/libexec/gcc /usr/share/man/man1/gcc.1.gz

[root@test1]# whereis g++
g++: /usr/bin/g++ /usr/share/man/man1/g++.1.gz
[root@test1]#

Please help

Thanks in advance.
Gab

Re: g++: installation problem on RHEL 5.3

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:33:37 GMT

Shalom,

Though its an option I ran into a lot of similar problems when I upgraded my home based lab from rhel 4.7 to rhel 5.2

In the end, I had to do a cold install to get everything working.

SEP

Re: g++: installation problem on RHEL 5.3

Steven McCoy — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:24:38 GMT

I agree with Steven E. Potter, however, have you tried reinstalling all the gcc/g++ packages?

Whether reinstalling the packages works or not, I feel you'll be chasing issues like that for a long time after doing an upgrade from 4.x to 5.x.

As SEP suggested, a reinstall is your best bet.