install java_2

Suzanne Payne yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:27:43 -0000


--On Monday, February 10, 2003 11:17 pm +1000 Ray Lacgalvs 
<admin@rayza.biz> wrote:

> After unzipping get error:-
>
> [raiyza@tpg cadaver-0.20.5]$ ./configure
> checking for gcc... no
> checking for cc... no
> checking for cc... no
> checking for cl... no
> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
>
> Unfortunately am a newb & don`t know what a compiler is.
> Installed ydl from a boxed cd set & can`t understand why a basic
> operation  like this doesn`t automatically happen.


If you installed the Home/Office version then you don't get a compiler. 
You need to install the Development Workstation version to get the compiler 
et al.  You can undoubtedly install just the packages you need, they'll be 
on the installer CD, or apt-get them from an ftp source.

Suzanne