Ok I updated autoconf and everything but: makeinfo I couldn't find where the gcc package was on the red hat 8 CD's What site can I find that will tell me where the gcc package and makeinfo package can be found. on the cds that is. here is the output of the latest try on ./configure # ./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... found checking for working autoconf... found checking for working automake... found checking for working autoheader... found checking for working makeinfo... missing checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for c++... no checking for g++... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works... no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables. any Ideas On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 13:03, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:48:32PM -0600, Shizznik McRuube wrote: > > What about the missing autoconf will getting gcc solve that problem? > > I don't know about 8, but earlier releases had it as a separate package. > > up2date autoconf > > .../Ed > > > On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 12:19, Jesse Keating wrote: > > > On Friday 29 November 2002 09:56, Shizznik McRuube uttered: > > > > libgcc-3.2-7 > > > > > > > > Is that correct? > > > > > > No. you need "gcc" installed. up2date gcc > > -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:ewilts@ewilts.org > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list