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1. Alternative Path Doesn’t Exist Error
   

   When i try to install build-esential using

   Code:

   sudo apt-get install build-essential

   I get the error

   Code:

   update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/gcc doesn't exist

   Any ideas on how to fix this?

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2. Re: Alternative Path Doesn’t Exist Error
   

   Hi

   Please post the output, from a terminal, for these commands

   Code:

   update-alternatives --get-selections | grep gcc

   Code:

   update-alternatives --display cc

   Code:

   dpkg-divert --list "*gcc*"

   and finally.

   Code:

   sudo apt-get -f install

   Kind regards

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3. Re: Alternative Path Doesn’t Exist Error
   

   Originally Posted by matt_symes
   

   Hi

   Please post the output, from a terminal, for these commands

   Code:

   update-alternatives --get-selections | grep gcc

   Code:

   update-alternatives --display cc

   Code:

   dpkg-divert --list "*gcc*"

   and finally.

   Code:

   sudo apt-get -f install

   Kind regards

   Code:

   doudou@Pumpkin-Ubuntu:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/gcc
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 13  2012 /usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-4.6

   Code:

   doudou@Pumpkin-Ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l gcc
   Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
   | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
   |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
   ||/ Name           Version        Description
   +++-==============-==============-============================================
   iF  gcc            4:4.6.3-1ubunt GNU C compiler

   Code:

   sudo dpkg --audit
   The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
   They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
   menu option in dselect for them to work:
    g++                  GNU C++ compiler
    build-essential      Informational list of build-essential packages
   
   The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems
   configuring them the first time.  The configuration should be retried using
   dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect:
    gcc                  GNU C compiler

   Code:

   doudou@Pumpkin-Ubuntu:~$ update-alternatives --get-selections | grep gcc
   doudou@Pumpkin-Ubuntu:~$

   Code:

   doudou@Pumpkin-Ubuntu:~$ update-alternatives --display cc
   update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for cc.

   Code:

   doudou@Pumpkin-Ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg-divert --list "*gcc*"
   doudou@Pumpkin-Ubuntu:~$

   Code:

   doudou@Pumpkin-Ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
   Reading package lists... Done
   Building dependency tree       
   Reading state information... Done
   0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
   3 not fully installed or removed.
   After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
   Setting up gcc (4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ...
   update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/gcc doesn't exist.
   dpkg: error processing gcc (--configure):
    subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
   dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of g++:
    g++ depends on gcc (>= 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5); however:
     Package gcc is not configured yet.
   dpkg: error processing g++ (--configure):
    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
   dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of build-essential:
    build-essential depends on gcc (>= 4:4.4.3); however:
     Package gcc is not configured yet.
    build-essential depends on g++ (>= 4:4.4.3); however:
     Package g++ is not configured yet.
   dpkg: error processing build-essential (--configure):
    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
   No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                             No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                       Errors were encountered while processing:
    gcc
    g++
    build-essential
   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

   thanks!

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4. Re: Alternative Path Doesn’t Exist Error
   

   Hi

   Try this from the terminal

   Code:

   sudo apt-get -f install

   Post back any errors.

   Kind regards

   If you believe everything you read, you better not read. ~ Japanese Proverb

   If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed. — Mark Twain

   Thinking about becoming an Ubuntu Member?

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