Check to see if you installed the compiler. Do a "rpm -qa |grep gcc". If
you don't have a version of gcc installed, then you won't be able to compile
anything.
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:25:13AM -0600, Shizznik McRuube wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Ok First I am very new to the Linux world I just downloaded and
> installed Red Hat 8.0 last week. And have had difficulty configuring the
> entire system.
>
> I've had trouble with my printer. And after Checking the HPIJS version I
> figured I needed an update to that driver.
>
> I downloaded to a convenient directory extracted and tried to run
> ./configure
> what followed was a list of errors.
> these are the errors
>
> ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for working aclocal... missing
> checking for working autoconf... missing
> checking for working automake... missing
> checking for working autoheader... missing
> checking for working makeinfo... missing
> checking for gcc... no
> checking for cc... no
> configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
>
> I have run into these errors with every program or driver etc. When I
> have to compile to install. Whilst looking for a solution I found a site
> that said to try running: CC="cc_name" ./configure
> this is the output of that.
>
> CC="cc_name" ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for working aclocal... missing
> checking for working autoconf... missing
> checking for working automake... missing
> checking for working autoheader... missing
> checking for working makeinfo... missing
> checking for gcc... cc_name
> checking whether the C compiler (cc_name ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
> cannot create executables.
>
> These have happened in every downloaded program I have tried to install
> and I have also tried these commands as root with the same results.
>
> What do I need to do? Do I need to download GCC or do I need to start
> first with installing a new autoconf etc. If so how do I do that?
>
> PLease help this is very frustrating.
>
>
>
>
>
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