how to install gcc for development work [Solved]

[katu902]

I've just upgraded from MX 19.4 to 21.3 and need to recompile my C-language apps. Immediately after installing I tried compiling but gcc was not found. So I brought up the MX Package Installer and installed gcc-10 from the Enabled Repos tab. The install completed without error but gcc still does not exist in /usr/bin (gcc-10 does).

I imagine I've left an important step out but, after scanning the wiki, I'm still clueless. Can someone tell/link me to the correct steps?

TIA,
mike

[Eadwine Rose]

Please share your Quick System Info, thanks.

[katu902]

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 [5.10.162-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-21-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower January 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Compaq Presario 061 product: EL435AA-ABA SR1720NX NA610 
           v: 0nx1411RE101AMBEM00 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTek model: Amberine M v: 1.03 serial: <filter> BIOS: Phoenix v: 3.13 
           date: 11/15/2005 
CPU:       Info: Single Core model: AMD Sempron 3500+ bits: 64 type: UP arch: K8 rev.E 
           family: F (15) model-id: 2F (47) stepping: 2 microcode: N/A cache: L2: 256 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 bogomips: 3979 
           Speed: 1000 MHz min/max: 1000/2000 MHz Core speed (MHz): 1: 1000 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200 Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: radeon 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 01:05.0 chip-ID: 1002:5954 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x1024 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x270mm (13.3x10.6") 
           s-diag: 433mm (17") 
           Monitor-1: VGA-0 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 96 size: 337x270mm (13.3x10.6") 
           diag: 432mm (17") 
           OpenGL: renderer: ATI RS480 v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD IXP SB400 AC97 Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_atiixp v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:14.5 chip-ID: 1002:4370 class-ID: 0401 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-21-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
           driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 modules: 8139cp port: dc00 bus-ID: 02:03.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8139 
           class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 149.05 GiB used: 8.04 GiB (5.4%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3160021A size: 149.05 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> 
           rev: 8.11 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 146.17 GiB size: 142.81 GiB (97.71%) used: 8.04 GiB (5.6%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2.87 GiB used: 1.5 MiB (0.1%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2073 lib: 1069 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 176 Uptime: 1h 24m wakeups: 1 Memory: 1.87 GiB used: 720.1 MiB (37.5%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[Adrian]

Why didn't you install gcc? It's available in the repos. I think that actually just creates a link to /usr/bin/gcc-10 but that's all you need...

[katu902]

Hi Adrian,
You are right, that's all I needed to do. Problem solved.

I didn't install the "gcc" package yesterday because it was described as being for version 4:10.2,1-1 which I stupidly misinterpreted as version 4. Why install version 4 when 9 and 10 are available, right?

A thousand pardons for the noise and thank you for your response!

-mike

[richb]

Please click on the post that solved the issue and then on the check mark at the upper right of that post.

[Adrian]

No worries, Debian package naming and versioning can be confusing sometime.

[katu902]

Richb:
I checkmarked Adrian's first reply.