Im using Ubuntu 7.10 and trying to install PYTHON, but here is what I see on execution: bob@XPS:~$ cd PYTHON bob@XPS:~/PYTHON$ dir Python-2.5.1 Python-2.5.1.tgz bob@XPS:~/PYTHON$ cd Python-2.5.1 bob@XPS:~/PYTHON/Python-2.5.1$ dir config.log configure.in Doc Include Lib Mac Misc Objects PC PCbuild8 Python RISCOS Tools configure Demo Grammar install-sh LICENSE Makefile.pre.in Modules Parser PCbuild pyconfig.h.in README setup.py bob@XPS:~/PYTHON/Python-2.5.1$ ./configure checking MACHDEP... linux2 checking EXTRAPLATDIR... checking for --without-gcc... no checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. bob@XPS:~/PYTHON/Python-2.5.1$ So then I DL and tried to install the latest gcc-4.2.3with these results: bob@XPS:~$ cd GCC bob@XPS:~/GCC$ dir gcc-4.2.3 gcc-4.2.3.tar.bz2 bob@XPS:~/GCC$ cd gcc-4.2.3 bob@XPS:~/GCC/gcc-4.2.3$ ./configure loading cache ./config.cache checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether ln works... yes checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables. bob@XPS:~/GCC/gcc-4.2.3$ Could someone show me where I'm going wrong? If I open synaptic package manager, it appears that GCC is install - more than one version - so why do I keep getting the above error messages? Help appreciated. Bob -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/gcc-install-problem-tp15478530p15478530.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
