apt-get install gcc-g++ fails because ++ is removed.

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Thu May 24 17:02:46 UTC 2007


On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 12:57:06PM -0400, Sy Ali wrote:
> apt-get install gcc-g++
> becomes
> apt-get install gcc-g
> 
> I was forced to use a GUI tool to install this package.
> 
> I wasn't able to figure out why "++" was being removed, as I had not
> experienced this in the past.
> 
> I tried various kinds of quoting and escaping but I couldn't hit upon
> the right way to have the ++ passed to apt-get.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?

Try apt-get install 'gcc-g++'

Using some weird shell?  Or did you do something crazy to your shell
settings?

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