> Can someone please tell me how to install binutils? I thought it was > installed but apparently it isn't. Every reference I can find tells me to > "make install" I have tried everything I can think of and I am missing > something very fundamental. > > I have downloaded and extracted binutils-2.15.tar.gz > > I have placed the binutils-2.15 folder in my /usr/bin/ folder. > > Where do I have to be to make and install? Is it two different operations? > Is it an obvious file that I am missing? > > My brain hurts. > > Bradley Don't put the binutils folder in /usr/bin. Remove it. I would not use a tar.gz version of binutils. Use yum to install an rpm version of binutils. ie as root do yum install binutils This will install the files in the proper directories. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. registered linux user 46097
