Sounds like you need a c++ compiler, do a 'apt-get gcc' (you're running debian IIRC) -----Original Message----- From: Wilson Hernandez [mailto:wh@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 1:50 PM To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Problem configure squid 3.1 Hello. Me again. It seems that everyhting I try to do can't go smoothly. Now, I'm trying to get squid-3.1.0.3 installed in my system trying to upgrade from an older version but now come accross a problem when I run ./configure I get the following error (I searched the internet but, can't get a solutions) : checking for C++ compiler default output file name... configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. configure: error: ./configure failed for lib/libTrie I removed the previous squid version which was installed as a package. Please help. Thanks.