./configure: error: "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check This problem was solved by adding a symlink as shown below. Thanks to Exeon at: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=124961 He said: >I know this shouldn't be right. >gcc was already installed on my machine but I still got: >C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check >I looked at config.log and it said something like: >cc1plus command not found >i found cc1 >/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.4.1/cc1 >so I linked it in /usr/bin >ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.4.1/cc1 cc1plus >voila: all working So, I added: asus:/usr/bin# ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/cc1 cc1plus Volla!