[ofa-general] ***SPAM*** fresh man want some help in intalling the OFED

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vega wrote:
> I have downloaded the OFED-1.3.1.tgz. then I unpack it using the
> command like this, tar -zxvf OFED-1.3.1.tgz.
> And I found intall.pl under the folder, run it using ./install.pl.
> then I choose '2' and then '3'. Then I choose OFA and then yes for
> every thing and input a location for it.
> After all above was done. The the programme said 'gcc-3.3.3 rpm is
> required to build libibverbs'.
> I have checked my current gcc. I found my vision is 3.2.3, a liitle
> older.
> How could I deal with this problem? Should I update the gcc to 3.3.3?
yes
> if so, do you think root permissions is required?
> Is there a way to finish all the installation without root
> permissions? Do you think intel c++ compiler could
> doing the same thing instead of gcc?
>
You must be root to install OFED

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