afkoeppel wrote: > Hello, > > I am brand new to linux/unix and I am trying to install a program that > requires gfortran. My understanding is that gfortran is part of gcc, and > that I therefore need to install gcc to run it. I have been having some > problems accomplishing this, however. > > I have downloaded the source, and (I think) installed all the prerequisite > programs. The configure runs just fine, but when I try to build the > program, it runs for several minutes before giving the following error: > > checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc.../home/afkoeppel/objdir/.gcc/xgcc > -B/home/afkoeppel/objdir/./gcc > -B/home/afkoeppel/gcc-install//x86_64unknown-linux-gnu/lib/ > -B/home/afkoeppel/gcc-install//x86_64unknown-linux-gnu/include -isystem > /home/afkoeppel/gcc-install//x86_64unknown-linux-gnu/sys-include > checking for suffix of object files... configure error: in > '/home/afkoeppel/objdir/x86_64unknown-linux-gnu/libgcc': > configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile > see 'config.log' for more details. > make [2]: ***[configure-stage1-target-libgcc] Error 1 > make [2]: Leaving directory '/home/afkoeppel/objdir' > make [1] ***[-stage1-bubble] Error 2 > make [1]: Leaving directory '/home/afkoeppel/objdir' > make; *** [all] Error 2 > > I followed the suggestion to look in config.log, but my comprehension is too > limited at this point to make any sense of what I'm finding there. > Searching for the error here I found the suggestion that adding gmp and mpfr > to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH might solve the problem. > http://old.nabble.com/-Bug-bootstrap-35577---New:-configure:-error:-cannot-compute-suffix-of-object-files-td16038190.html > http://old.nabble.com/-Bug-bootstrap-35577---New:-configure:-error:-cannot-compute-suffix-of-object-files-td16038190.html > > I tried this, but I'm not entirely sure if I've done it correctly, and I am > still getting the same error. > I've attached my config.log file to this post, and I'm hoping someone will > be able to help me figure out what I've been doing wrong. I apologize if > the error is something very basic, or very stupid, or covered thoroughly > here already and I just missed it. > Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide. > > http://old.nabble.com/file/p27520625/config.log config.log > Hey, you checked the wrong config.log. There's a config.log in x86_64unknown-linux-gnu/libgcc. There you should find what's wrong with your build ... Andi
