hey y'all,
oke am sorry for such a basic question bust where can i download a g++ (or any other c++ compiler) binary. I checked the gnu gcc website and all of the host they have listed for linux binaries didn't work. I also tried installing gcc from my linux disc (ubuntu 7.04) but it doesn't recognize the disc. which is odd cause it recognized it for when i needed it to install samba. I also tried google and live search with little success. thanks in advanced.

You can install g++ from the Ubuntu repositories. Open a terminal and run:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
this will install a few other related tools as well. If you don't want them, just run
sudo apt-get install g++
instead

snow, on Jun 2 2007, 07:29 PM, said:

i did the "sudo apt-get install g++" it required the Ubuntu disk but would not recognize it once in the drive it gave me the "please insert CD labeled ubuntu ...." i tried rebooting and trying it with a mounted .iso still the same thing.
i also did the "sudo apt-get install samba" and it read and recognized the ubuntu 7.04 disk no problem installed quick snap. so am just looking for the binaries now just to avoid the disk all together.

The g++ package is in the repositories. You do not need to get the binary from another resource. If you're having problems with the CD simply remove it as a resource in your sources.list file. Run
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
and delete the line referring to the Ubuntu CD (I can't remember off the top of my head what it says, but it should be obvious which one it is)
then run
sudo apt-get update
before installing the packages you want.

This computer is connected to the Internet, right?

Thanks Snow, I just went into the sources.list
"sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list" & "sudo kate /etc/apt/sources/list"
and changed the the dev cdrom name from "[Kubuntu 7.04 _Feisty_Fawn_(20070419)]" -> "[Kubuntu 7.04 i386]"



thanks again