question about compiling under linux

[g4s]

Hello, I'm trying to compile the podbot under Mandrake 10. Since I have no experiences programming with linux, I have no idea what's going on here. When I type make:

gcc-2.95.3 -Dstricmp=strcasecmp -Dstrcmpi=strcasecmp -DNDEBUG -march=i586 -O2 -w
-I"../metamod" -I"../../devtools/hlsdk-2.3/multiplayer/common"
-I"../../devtools/hlsdk-2.3/multiplayer/dlls"
-I"../../devtools/hlsdk-2.3/multiplayer/engine"
-I"../../devtools/hlsdk-2.3/multiplayer/pm_shared"
-c bot.cpp -o bot.o
/bin/sh: line 1: gcc-2.95.3: command not found
make: *** [bot.o] Error 127

I think it's probably something not configured correctly with either my linux or gcc coz everything seems fine under Windows.
Can someone give some suggestions what should I do?

[sPlOrYgOn]

you don't have gcc-2.95.3
you'll have to download and compile it since I don't think anyone provides the binaries to such an old version anymore..
http://gcc.gnu.org/

[g4s]

Hey, it's nice to see you here again... thought your there busy doing school work.

last time you told me that gcc should be shipped with mandrake 10, and I did check the packages I installed, it is there. this time I checked it again, and found that the version I installed is 3.3.2, which differs from the one specified in the Makefile, 2.95.3. That's why I can't compile. Now everything seems cool...

[sPlOrYgOn]

don't compile with 3.3.2..
metamod cannot load so files compiled with that version.. (and probably other versions too)

2.95.3 is probably the best one to use.

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

yea, sPlO is right
You can find these old versions of the gcc compiler at ftp://gcc.gnu.org
or some adress like tha

[g4s]

omg, that is a pita for me to downgrade gcc. I downloaded 2.95.3 and followed an instruction I found on the internet. don't know if I did it right but when I type "gcc -v", it displays that the version is 2.95.3.
when I hit make, same thing happened again.

does anyone know a good tutorial installing gcc for newbs? I can even read the official readme, it's like bible.

I would really appreciate any information.

[sPlOrYgOn]

thats because you overwrote your 3.3.2 with 2.95.3.. I think. or maybe you just over wrote the sym links..
now edit the makefile
so take off the "-2.95.3" at the end of gcc so you make it just "gcc"

[g4s]

woot! it works
thank you very much!

[FrostyCoolSlug]

i personally think the linux ability of metamod should be increased, especially seeing as that is its 'main' platform, a proper ./configure to check the system for relevant libraries, also to get the GCC version, as well as support for GCC3 (Its not hard.. Even i've done it ) also, GCC3 supports C++ MUCH better than GCC2 did. Still, thats just my opinion based on experiance.