Richard Fisher writes:
> Can anyone tell me where to look or explain how to get the GNU C
> compiler working (downloaded from the jazz server).  I do believe i've
> got it installed, after a bit of trouble.  My question is how do i use it to
> compile C programs? What parms to use, is they're any special directory
> to run it from or environment variables that need to be set?
>
> I would like to use it to eventully compile the latest and greates version of
> Apache web server.

Just download Apache via http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/apacheix.html, edit
Configuration, run Configure, then simply say "make" to compile everything.

No muss, no fuss.  ;-)

Major C packages are all pretty much similar -- some sort of configure step
which generates a Makefile which describes how all of the pieces of the
package are compiled and linked together.  Generally you just do a "make"
which reads the Makefile to learn how to invoke the compiler(s) automatically.

You probably won't need to mess with compiler parameters unless you're
attempting a port, or specifying non-standard compile-time #defines, or linking
with non-standard libraries.
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