[CMake] Cannot find appropriate C++ compiler on this system ...

[Bill Hoffman]

On 9/29/2011 10:03 PM, Albretch Mueller wrote:
> On 9/29/11, Eric Noulard<eric.noulard at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> gcc is a C compiler not a C++ compiler.
>>
>> Do you have 'g++" installed?
>>
>> What does
>>
>> g++ --version says?
>
> $ g++ --version
> bash: g++: command not found
>
>   but I definitely have a c++ compiler installed
>
> $ which cpp
> /usr/bin/cpp
>
> $ cpp --version
> cpp (Debian 4.3.4-6) 4.3.4
> Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> $ ls -l /usr/bin/cpp
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Nov  5  2009 /usr/bin/cpp ->  cpp-4.3
>
> $ ls -l /usr/bin/cpp-4.3
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214024 Nov  2  2009 /usr/bin/cpp-4.3
>
>   so what should I do?

cpp is not a C++ compiler.   It is a "C" preprocessor (cpp).  You need 
to install g++ on your system if you want to compile c++ code.

-Bill