[ILUG] Color gcc on RedHat

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Hi,

I don't the color gcc web site or ftp site. But here is the trick,
download egcs Linux Mandrake source rpm package from Linux Mandrake ftp
site. Install the package. Go to /usr/src/redhat/SOURCE/,

1. bunzip2 --keep -c ANSIColor-%VERSION.tar.bz2 | tar -xv
    cd ANSIColor,  perl  Makefile.pl, make test, make install

2. bunzip2 --keep -c  colorgcc-%VERSION.tar.bz2 | tar -xv
    bunzip2 colorgcc-mdkconf.patch.bz2
    patch -p0 < colorgcc-mdkconf.patch
    edit colorgcc, changes  pgcc to gcc, changes pg++ to g++
    mv colorgcc to /sbin
   ln -sf  /sbin/colorgcc   /sbin/gcc
   ln -sf  /sbin/colorgcc   /sbin/g++
   ln -sf  /sbin/colorgcc  /sbin/cc
   ln -sf  /sbin/colorgcc   /sbin/c++
   mv colorgccrc to /etc

DONE!

If it is not working, do echo $PATH. Check which directory come first in
the order. Since gcc/g++/cc/c++ in the /usr/bin and /bin in my system
come later in the path order, I put the colorgcc in the /sbin directory.

I prefer RedHat than Mandrake. RedHat more stable and bug fixed!

That's all. Have fun!


Nezwan Esa