GCC is no longer available in package repositories

[nicolapalavecino]

https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/c-compiler-on-omega.html says that if two lines are uncommented in the file /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf you can add some package repositories for you to be able to compile C and C++ programs in the Omega. I found out that the gcc compilers are not available in any repository. The following error message appears when I try to install gcc with opkg install gcc:

Unknown package 'gcc'.
Collected errors:
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package gcc.

@greenbreakfast any idea what happened?

[greenbreakfast]

Hmm looks like the LEDE people took it out of their repo. We'll look into it and get back to you!

[corndog2000]

Please fix! The Onion Omega2+ is pretty much useless to me without C++ and C.

[nicolapalavecino]

@corndog2000 you can still cross-compile C and C++ programs in a linux environment. You can see c-cross-compile-example to know how to do it.

But I agree with you, Omega2+ is useless if you can't compile within the Omega OS. @greenbreakfast could you see what happened?

[corndog2000]

I would do that except the LEDE Build System always fails to build.