A.P. Lawrence

g++ not working

Someone posted a comment here simply saying:

Can anyone tell how to compile C++ code on SCO unix as g++ command is not working......

You really need to give us more than that to go on. That's like saying "I don't feel good" to a doctor over the phone - what's he supposed to do next?

What do you actually mean by this? You can't get the gnu compilers installed? You can't compile ANY code? One specific program? What happens? What error messages do you get?

Eric Raymond has a long document: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way. Microsoft has a slightly shorter document: How to ask a question. My own advice is more brief:

• What your OS and version is:
  Suse Linux 11.2
  
  
• Hardware info if applicable to your question
  64 bit
  
  
• What you were trying to accomplish
  Want to add default route
  
  
• What you did
  Ran "route add.."
  
  
• What you expected to happen
  I expected the route to be there when I rebooted
  
  
• What conditions were present/not present
  Network is working for local lan
  
  
• What actually happened
  There's no route after reboot
  
  

That's a question that can be easily answered (routes don't persist across reboot, you can either add the command to /etc/rc.local or put the route into the network configuration files). The information supplied tells everything likely to be needed; it isn't vague, it is precise. That's how you need to ask questions.

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