[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] gcc on 770

[From: Ralph Giles]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 06:27:06PM -0700, A. Mukherjee wrote:

> Is it possible to install gcc tools on the 770? If so can someone please show me how. 

> I found some binaries at http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo1.1rc7/free/g/gcc-3.3.  When I try to install them I get another error message saying "Component already installed"  A find command on the whole directory did not yield any gc* files however.

This is a spurious error. The 770 image doesn't have a real package 
manager; just the Application Installer which puts things in a sandbox, 
so you can't install maemo packages directly (though you can install 
them by hand as root). You're supposed to create a new flash image and
replace the whole filesystem.

HTH,
 -r