gcc-4.6: error trying to exec 'cc1'

[Juan Simón]

When I try to compile with gcc-4.6, it shows this error:
"gcc-4.6: error trying to exec 'cc1': execvp: No such file or directory"

This file exist in: "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6/cc1"
But gcc doesn't search in that folder:
$ gcc -print-search-dirs
install: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/
programs: =/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/bin/
libraries: =/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../lib/:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../:/lib/:/usr/lib/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gcc 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-core2 3.0.4-ck1
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-core2 x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 30 21:22:31 2011
SourcePackage: gcc-defaults
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: cpp-4.6 4.6.1-9ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-core2 3.0.4-ck1
Tags: oneiric running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-core2 x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom fuse lp lpadmin netdev nopasswdlogin plugdev sambashare vboxusers video

[Juan Simón (simonbcn)]

The bug is in package "cpp-4.6"

[Juan Simón (simonbcn)]

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[Juan Simón (simonbcn)]

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[Juan Simón (simonbcn)]

This bug is silly but important. I can't install nvidia-current in kernel with DKMS. I can't compile nothing.

[Juan Simón (simonbcn)]

A workaround is:
"sudo ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6/* /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/"

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1 is a symlink to /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6. I assume you did mess it up with you "work arounds". just apt-get remove cpp-4.6, and rm -rf /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu, and re-install

[Juan Simón (simonbcn)]

1) The problem was present before my workaround.

2) 4.6.1 isn't (nor was) a symlink of nothing:
$ ll /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2011-09-30 10:32 4.5.3/
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2011-09-30 21:24 4.6/
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2011-09-30 21:43 4.6.1/

3) And how can I remove a package like "cpp-4.6" that has a lot of dependencies without remove that dependencies?

This was an upgrade from Natty.

[Juan Simón (simonbcn)]

And there is several packages that write in "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu", not only "cpp-4.6":
g++-4.6
gcc-4.6
gcc-4.6-base
gcj-4.6-jdk
libstdc++6-4.6-dev

[Juan Simón (simonbcn)]

I have tried this:
$ sudo rm -r /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1
rm: cannot remove `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1': No such file or directory

And now:
$ ls -Fl /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2011-09-30 10:32 4.5.3/
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2011-09-30 21:24 4.6/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2011-09-16 16:27 4.6.1 -> 4.6/

Now it seems to work.