On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 10:55:50PM -0600, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > I was just trying to compile OpenOffice, and it turns out to need g++. my > shiny new Debian box only has gcc (2.95.3) installed; not g++. You must be tracking unstable, then? I use testing and I've got 2.95.2, so... > so what should I do? wait a few days for some debian maintainer to do something about this? > is there a way/should I force it somehow? If you don't mind waiting, it should clear itself up within a day or two. If you want it sooner, I would download the gcc 2.95.2 deb and use dpkg to install it manually. (dpkg will complain about upgrading to an older version, but once you confirm that it's what you want to do, everything will go fine.) That should work fine for you, except for the possible case of running into any other packages which require gcc >= 2.95.3; if that happens, you'll have to either track down and downgrade all of them or wait for things in unstable to stabilize. -- SGI products are used to create the 'Bugs' that entertain us in theatres and at home. - SGI job posting Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+