Re: Error when running gcc from GPS

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>]

Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> writes:

> resander <kresander@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:
>>
>>   /usr/bin/gcc    -- linked to
>>   /usr/bin/gcc-4.3
>>
>>   /usr/bin/gnatgcc    -- linked to
>>   /usr/bin/gcc-4.3
>>
>>   /home/ken/AdaGPL/gnat-2008-i686-gnu-linux-libc2.3-bin/bin/gcc
>>
>> I also searched on gprbuild and found it is available in
>>
>>  /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 \
>  /home/ken/AdaGPL/gnat-2008-i686-gnu-linux-libc2.3-bin/bin/gprbuild \
>  /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 files.

The best way to do all of this is to use the Debian testing
distribution, as Ludovic says.

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-- Stephe