Hi, Markus Triska <triska@xxxxxx> writes: > The key file here is configure.in. It contains the line > > AC_PROG_CC > > which will make the (resulting) "configure" script search for a C > compiler. gcc is indeed the C compiler (dispite the somewhat > misleading name), while the C++ compiler is called "g++". Right. If a C++ compiler is supposed to be used, you will have to use AC_PROG_CXX. See also http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.57/html_mono/autoconf.html#SEC65 and http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_mono/automake.html#C++%20Support Sven