What do all these error messages mean?

[Stefan Hakenberg]

Dear r. May,

Thanks for your help.  This is what happend:

Downloading went well and fast.  Also the next step, # ./autogen.sh went 
without problems.  But then this happened:

[root@3-98-237-24-cable stefan]# cd /usr/src/Downloads
[root@3-98-237-24-cable Downloads]# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
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... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler 
cannot create executables.
[root@3-98-237-24-cable Downloads]# rpm -q gcc
gcc-2.95.4-4j

What should I do now?  Why would that compiler not work?

All the best,

Stefan

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Message: 4
Subject: Re: What do all these error messages mean?
From: "r. may" <mayro@earthlink.net>
To: Mac-On-Linux List <mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org>
Date: 05 Jul 2002 17:25:35 -0400
Reply-To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org


 >
 > I am ashamed to admit that I have no idea how to do that.  I am that new
 > to Linux.  How and what do I recompile in order to make mol work on my
 > computer?
 >

Well we all have to learn at some point. This is how I do it.

First make a directory for the source where ever you want. [I put my
source codes in /usr/src/Downloads, just to keep them in one place.]

cd into that directory and use rsync to get the source.

# rsync -arvz --delete  source.mvista.com::mol .

the space and period at the end are necessary.

once everything is downloaded do this:

# ./autogen.sh

# ./configre   [this will install to /usr/local]
	or
# ./configure --prefix=/usr [this will install to the /usr directory
which is where you seem to have it]

# make

# make libimport [this will download a few more files you need]

# make install

Later on if you change kernels and just want to make the modules then
you should be able to get away with:

# make clean
# make modules
# make install_modules

Most programs are compiled in this way or something similar.  Check
their README or INSTALL files.  These will tell you if special commands
are needed.  Also "./configure --help" will print out a list of features
that you can enable or disable if needed.  Usually you don't need to
enable or disble stuff but every once in a while you do.

enjoy,

r.May


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Message: 5
Subject: Re: What do all these error messages mean?
From: "r. may" <mayro@earthlink.net>
To: Mac-On-Linux List <mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org>
Date: 05 Jul 2002 17:36:21 -0400
Reply-To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org

oops made a typo.  this should be ./configure.

 >
 > # ./configre   [this will install to /usr/local]
 >