[ubuntu-uk] Where did g++ go?

[Matthew Daubney]

On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 11:23 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote:
> Harry Rickards wrote:
> > What if you do (sudo) apt-get update first?
> >   
> I always update before installing packages.  Doesn't make a difference 
> to installing g++.  I have checked my software sources, and they all 
> seem fine.
> I have tried installing build-essential, which used to pull in g++ 
> automatically, but that isn't working either.  g++ doesn't appear in 
> Add/Remove software, or synaptic.

matt at serenity:~$ sudo aptitude show g++
Package: g++
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 4:4.3.3-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers
<ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Uncompressed Size: 41.0k
Depends: cpp (>= 4:4.3.3-1ubuntu1), gcc (>= 4:4.3.3-1ubuntu1), g++-4.3
(>= 4.3.3-1), gcc-4.3 (>= 4.3.3-1)
Suggests: g++-multilib
Provides: c++-compiler
Description: The GNU C++ compiler
 This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for
C++. 
 
 This is a dependency package providing the default GNU C++ compiler.

It also appears to be here...

http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/devel/g++

-Matt Daubney