Need compile tools was Re: Liquid the easy way...

[Tom Spencer]

on 5/23/02 12:45 PM, Christopher Murtagh at christopher.murtagh@mcgill.ca
wrote:

> On Thu, 23 May 2002, Tom Spencer wrote:
>> I get this error when performing the ./configure --prefix=/usr
>> 
>> configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
>> 
>> Why do I get this?
> 
> Ahh, not a problem... this simply means that you are missing developer
> tools in your install (probably did a home/workstation install).
> 
> So, insert your install cd and do the following (as root):
> 
> mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
> 
> cd /mnt/cdrom/Yellowdog/ppc/
> 
> rpm -i foo1
> rpm -i foo2
> 
> where foo{n} is everything from this list (NOTE: you *might* not be able
> to do them in this order):
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> You probably don't need scheme (umb-scheme) or Fortran (gcc-g77) but it
> won't hurt to have them installed just in case some software does make use
> of it.
> 
> Terra Soft folks: A linux machine is useless without compile tools, even
> for newbies. Sooner or later *everyone* needs to compile something. This
> is my only real gripe with YDL 2.x.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris


Chris,

I did that. Rebooted. Then ran the ./configure --prefix=/usr again and got
this:

checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler
cannot create executables

*bangs head on desk*

Any ideas? Thanks for the help!

Tom