How do I reinstall gcc/g++?

[NoOp]

On 02/16/2011 10:07 AM, Neil Cherry wrote:
> Somehow my gcc/cpp/g++ are linked to nothing:
> 
> $ ls -l /usr/bin/gcc*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2011-02-16 13:05 /usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-4.4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-02-16 12:40 /usr/bin/gcc-4.4
> 
> and no amount of removing, purging or reinstalling is fixing it. How
> do I get this fixed?
> 

Looks to me like it's linked to the proper file: /urs/bin/gcc-4-4. Or am
I misunderstanding?

$ ls -l /usr/bin/gcc*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      7 2011-01-20 14:05 /usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-4.4
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 194128 2010-05-27 02:00 /usr/bin/gcc-4.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 193212 2009-01-10 11:18 /usr/bin/gcc-4.2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 212168 2010-09-10 02:16 /usr/bin/gcc-4.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 224488 2010-09-27 11:43 /usr/bin/gcc-4.4
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  16280 2010-05-27 01:58 /usr/bin/gccbug-4.1

$ apt-cache policy gcc
gcc:
  Installed: 4:4.4.4-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 4:4.4.4-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.4.4-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status