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From: resander <kresander@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Error when running gcc from GPS
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On Apr 25, 1:42=A0pm, Stephen Leake <stephen_le...@stephe-leake.org>
wrote:
> Simon Wright <si...@pushface.org> writes:
> > resander <kresan...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> 'Could not locate executable on path: gprbuild'
>
> >> I have ticked the checkbox for language C in the
> >> Languages tab in 'Edit Project Properties on the
> >> Project menu.
>
> >> I am guessing that 'executable' refers to gcc.
>
> > No, it refers to gprbuild!
>
> >> I did a search on gcc and found these:
>
> >> =A0 /usr/bin/gcc =A0 =A0-- linked to
> >> =A0 /usr/bin/gcc-4.3
>
> >> =A0 /usr/bin/gnatgcc =A0 =A0-- linked to
> >> =A0 /usr/bin/gcc-4.3
>
> >> =A0 /home/ken/AdaGPL/gnat-2008-i686-gnu-linux-libc2.3-bin/bin/gcc
>
> >> I also searched on gprbuild and found it is available in
>
> >> =A0/home/ken/AdaGPL/gnat-2008-i686-gnu-linux-libc2.3-bin/bin
>
> >> How do I make GPS compile C files?
>
> > Make a link to it,
>
> > $ sudo ln -s \
> > =A0/home/ken/AdaGPL/gnat-2008-i686-gnu-linux-libc2.3-bin/bin/gprbuild \
> > =A0/usr/bin
>
> As resander discovered, this is not the right solution. There are other
> executables and files that gprbuild needs, and it uses the path to the
> invoked executable to find them.
>
> You need to put
> /home/ken/AdaGPL/gnat-2008-i686-gnu-linux-libc2.3-bin/bin in your PATH,
> so gprbuild is invoked with the right path, and can find these other file=
s.
>
> The best way to do all of this is to use the Debian testing
> distribution, as Ludovic says.
>
> --
> -- Stephe



Thanks Stephen,

I added to the PATH as you suggested, but it is still not working.

How do I get the Debian testing distribution onto my Ubuntu 8.04?