"Plantier, Spencer" <spencer.plantier@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am new to Unix and need to install GCC. I have downloaded GCC-3.4.3 > and did a ./configure and it errored out saying ./ configure: cc: not > found > > ***the command 'cc -o conftrest -g conftest.c' failed > > ***you must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler. > > > > Can you give me the exact steps to fix this. I have googled the error > but since I am learning this on my own it the fixes didn't make a whole > lot of sense. In order to build gcc yourself, you need to have a working C compiler already. Yes, this is a catch-22. It can be avoided by using a prebuilt binary distribution of gcc. Binary distributions are available for most platforms which do not routinely provide C compilers. You neglected to say which platform you are using. Ian
