tauras/tabasit which is the optional software that need to be intalled. please provide me the exace tar file Name: tabasit Date: April 04, 2004 at 13:50:47 Pacific Subject: cc isn't working!! OS: solaris 9 CPU/Ram: 1.4GHz/512MB Comment: I just installed solaris 9. cc is not working, and I keep getting this msg ( usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed) where and how can I get cc ,, Name: taurus Date: April 05, 2004 at 12:06:52 Pacific Subject: cc isn't working!! Reply: http://www.sunfreeware.com taurus P Vijay Bhanu

If I remember corrctelly cc is not a free compiler so you need to bye it. But you can use gcc it is the gnu compiler and it is free. You can get it from the gnu web page. http://gcc.gnu.org/ hope this helps

Hey Vijay , You can get a free 30 day trail version of Forte C++ compiler . Install it in a different location ( i.e, /opt or as u wish ) You can keep updating the license ( free ) every 30 days and make use of it . Add save $$ to your organisation :-)) http://wwws.sun.com/software/sundev/previous/cplusplus/buy.html

Hello Bro' Listen up. As others have mentioned, a basic installation of Solaris will not include Sun's C/C++ compiler. But if you chose the Developer install when installing Solaris, you will have the libraries and header files that need to be in place for other options. What I mean is that you can pop over to www.sunfreeware.com and get the latest version of GCC and install it. When I lay out my filesystems I specifically set aside a separate /usr/local file system so that I can install cool software from sunfreeware.com ... you might want to also have a separate /opt file system. gcc is a pretty good compiler in that most open source software packages out there will compile easily with it. You should also include other GNU utilities like autoconf gdb, and others to fill out your software toolset. BUT... the Sun Workshop/Forte/ONE compiler (name varies with version you have) is generally a smarter compiler for Sun processors. It will be able to squeeze out more performance than gcc, because while gcc has some support for Sun-specific features, it cannot support every processor to the level that Sun's own compiler can. So if you are compiling scientific or advanced computing software, where runtime performance is very important, then you should definitely look into getting a legitimate license for Sun's compiler. But be prepared to commit some time to learning all the different compiler switches and having to hand-tweak makefiles once in a while. Let me know if you have other questions. S.

I agree - use gcc instead of cc. And don't forget to make a symbolic link from usr/ucb/cc to whereever your gcc is installed.