I use SuSE. When you install it you have to tell it what you want installed at the selection screen.

The source RPMs are on a seperate disk, I never bought the distro so I can't tell you if it comes with it. You need to find a SuSE FTP mirror and go into the directory on the server and locate the SRPM directory and download the stuff. There is a utility that comes with SuSE that will let you automatically download packages and stuff you just click the 'source' button and it will get the source for the package too.

You can load GCC into your system, find the package utility in the system folder on the X menu and than find GCC and click the install button.

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That is odd. In witch case, I would reccomend moving to Gentoo Linux. Believe me, you'll definately have GCC and the kernel source by the end of the process. ;)

Which amounts to saying "Install Gentoo." Not entirely helpful...

well if this don't help
easiest way to install sources if you are using suse personal instead of pro and pretty pictures to boot!
then there is no hope for you and might as well go back to windows...

hey why the hell was my "helpful" link edited?

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Use yast or whatever to install the kernel source package and the gcc package.

nuff said.

yast is your friend or apt-get if u are debian...

It's also not hard to go to www.kernel.org and download whatever kernel you choose :P

yeah i know its not a problem, but it is really strange, i was expecting GCC and GNU make and everything.

Yast doesn't have it either, really odd.

i guess i'll just download it.

....and GNU make is part of GCC right? (i hope)

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....and GNU make is part of GCC right? (i hope)

No. It's a separate program.

ah gotcha. i'll download make and then compile gcc. wooppee.

also, i find it really funny the make program tells me to make itself with make.

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also, i find it really funny the make program tells me to make itself with make.

Boostrapping can be a tricky process. If I were you, I would double-check if I can get it all from a package (SuSE does use RPMs, right?).

no, SuSE personal doesn't come with make, because it assumes people who buy personal are too stupid to mess around with sources.

okey dokey i found a site with all the binaries...except which tools do i need? I just need a core development package...


i've gotten autoconf, automake, make, gcc...