another stab at my compiler problem

Wed May 8 13:27:01 2002

Make sure you install gcc, gcc-c++, and glibc-devel. I had a similar problem
until I re-yuped glibc-devel.

On Wed, 8 May 2002, Tom Moreton wrote:
>I followed the list posted a couple back, and installed just about
>everything on it, but I am still getting an error with gcc not
>working:
>
>checking for gcc... gcc
>checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
>configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
>cannot create executables.
>
>
>Does anyone know why this is??
>
>
>rgds
>
>Tom
>
>
>>This will be my last email to this list about this.... I'm cutting
>>myself off. =)
>>
>>Sorry, this message was intended to be private! I'll be sure that
>>future email is kept private!!
>>
>>
>>So sorry...
>>
>>
>>On Monday, April 22, 2002, at 09:28  AM, Joe Auty wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks very much for this list!!
>>>
>>>One of the reasons I wanted to do this by hand like you described
>>>(besides from my HD space problem), is that this is on a NuBus Mac
>>>and I've only been able to find an install kernel/ram disk for
>>>installing YDL 2.0. My idea was to compile/update the stuff I cared
>>>about by hand (ssh for one), and maybe one day yup the rest....
>>>
>>>Many many thanks!!
>>>
>>>On Monday, April 22, 2002, at 09:21  AM, Christopher Murtagh wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Joe Auty wrote:
>>>>>I don't quite have enough HD space for an install which would include
>>>>>compiler support. As it is, I'm trying to figure out which RPMs I'd need
>>>>>to install to add compiler (gcc) support to an existing install (the
>>>>>internet server package).
>>>>
>>>>  What I would recommend is installing the base install and then adding
>>>>what you need on top of it (this is what I do for all my servers). Last
>>>>summer Takashi Oe posted this handy list:
>>>>
>>>>autoconf
>>>>automake
>>>>binutils
>>>>bison
>>>>blt
>>>>byacc
>>>>bzip2-devel
>>>>cdecl
>>>>cpp
>>>>cproto
>>>>ctags
>>>>cvs
>>>>diffutils
>>>>flex
>>>>gcc-*
>>>>gdb
>>>>gettext
>>>>glibc-devel
>>>>gperf
>>>>indent
>>>>libtool
>>>>libtool-libs
>>>>m4
>>>>make
>>>>patch
>>>>readline-*
>>>>rcs
>>>>rgrep
>>>>rsh
>>>>rsync
>>>>sed
>>>>sharutils
>>>>strace
>>>>texinfo
>>>>tclx
>>>>tix
>>>>tk
>>>>tkinter
>>>>umb-scheme
>>>>unarj
>>>>unzip
>>>>zlib
>>>>zlib-devel
>>>>
>>>>  Usually what I do is install most of these and then compile anything else
>>>>I need from source (like apache + openssl + mod_php, Postgres, openssh,
>>>>etc.). For most publically accessible apps, I would strongly recommend
>>>>compiling from source. This way, if there is an exploit found, you can
>>>>likley have a patch long before you would be able to find any RPMs
>>>>available (especially for PPC). Also, this gives you the option to change
>>>>any compile time options that you might need that aren't normally compiled
>>>>into any distro RPMs. It takes me a little under an hour to do a base
>>>>install and compile all server apps (and a new kernel).
>>>>
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>Chris
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>Christopher Murtagh
>>>>Webmaster / Sysadmin
>>>>Web Communications Group
>>>>McGill University
>>>>Montreal, Quebec
>>>>Canada
>>>>
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>>>>Fax:  (514) 398-2017
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