g++: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory

Question

I am using ubuntu 12.04. I\'m trying to \"make\" a project.

I get this error:

g++: error trying to exec \'cc1plus\': execvp: No such file or director         


        

Answer 1

I faced the same issue after upgrading gcc to 4.8
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8 (mind the package name)
Then I manually changed the g++ link to a renamed copy of gcc-4.8

My fix was a proper g++ installation
sudo apt-get install g++-4.8

For clarity you should use g++-4.8 instead of gcc-4.8