C compiler when running configure

mr_a_ali · 08-14-2004, 11:25 AM

Hi, in SuSE Linux Personal 9.1, when I try to install various programs as ROOT with ./configure, it comes up with this:

linux:/home/aali/gtk stuff/gtk+-2.4.6 # ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/home/aali/gtk: /home/aali/gtk: No such file or directory
configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for native Win32... no
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
See `config.log' for more details.

What do I need to do? Thanks.

jailbait · 08-14-2004, 12:47 PM

"configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH"

You do not have the C compiler, gcc, installed. I don't think that gcc comes on the SuSE 9.1 personal install CD. You should go to:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/suse/i586/

Download and install:
gcc-3.3.3-41.i586.rpm

If it complains about any missing dependencies download and install them too.

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Steve Stites

mr_a_ali · 08-15-2004, 11:16 AM

That was a good start, I installed gcc, and I believed it installed successfully.

Then I run inux:/home/aali # ./gtk+-2.4.6/configure (I am trying to install GTK+). It goes through a lot, then says:

Quote:

*** The pkg-config script could not be found. Make sure it is
*** in your path, or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable
*** to the full path to pkg-config.
*** Or see http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig to get pkg-config.
configure: error: Library requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.4.0 atk >= 1.0.1 pango >= 1.4.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.

Well I attempt to install glib and pkg_config with various results.

I install pkg_config by doing linux:/home/aali # ./pkgconfig-0.15.0/configure and it seems to be fine.

Then when I try to install glib by doing linux:/home/aali # ./glib-2.4.6/configure I get this at the end:

Quote:

configure: error: *** pkg-config not found. See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/

I'm definitely running the latest version, 0.15.0.

What am I doing wrong here? Am I installing stuff in the wrong directories? In general when you run an install in linux, where does everything go, in the directory you are working in? I generally download programs from the internet into my home directory, and unpack them one level up and just run them.

Help is really appreciated, thank you.

btmiller · 08-15-2004, 11:29 AM

Most 'make install' scripts put things into /usr/local if you don't specify otherwise. Binaries go into /usr/local/bin and libraries go into /usr/local/lib. You might want to do updatedb and then 'locate pkg-config' to make sure it got installed correctly (you did remember to type 'make install', right?). Make sure that pkg-config is in your $PATH, assuming that it is installed.

mr_a_ali · 08-16-2004, 05:30 PM

Stupid question, but what does $PATH represent? And when you say to make sure pkg-config is there, does that mean unpackage it in $PATH (whatever that is) and install it there?

Thanks

Oliv' · 08-17-2004, 08:30 AM

Hi,

$PATH is a variable which tells Linux where to find binaries (or scripts). For example:

Code:

[15:25][olivier@Olinux-lfs ~/doc]$ echo $PATH
/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/home/olivier/bin

It means that when I want to run mozilla for example, Linux will have a look in /bin, if it doesn't find mozilla in /bin, it'll have a look in /usr/bin ... and browse each directory present in $PATH until it finds the application to run. If it fails, it'll display a message like:

Code:

[15:27][olivier@Olinux-lfs ~/doc]$ my_app
bash: my_app: command not found

Oliv'

mr_a_ali · 08-17-2004, 01:18 PM

So if I'm running pkg_config in my home directory, how could it not be in my $PATH ?

Oliv' · 08-18-2004, 07:13 AM

Quote:

I install pkg_config by doing linux:/home/aali # ./pkgconfig-0.15.0/configure and it seems to be fine.

And did you run "make" and "make install" ? if yes, well check your PATH (echo $PATH)...

Oliv'

mr_a_ali · 08-18-2004, 07:15 AM

I'll try the TGZ again, but I've also been trying an RPM install, which just does its thing when I type "rpm -i blah"... so I don't know how to "make install" with that.

Oliv' · 08-18-2004, 07:29 AM

If you install the package from a tarball (.tgz extension), do the following:

Code:

tar xzf my_package.tgz
cd my_package
./configure
make
su
make install

line1: package decompression
line2: enter the directory
line3: configure step: check if you have the required tools to compile the package
line4: compilation stage
line5: log as root
line6: will install the compiled package in the suitable directory (in general in /usr/local/bin/)
If you install the package from a RPM, do the following:

Code:

rpm -ivh my_package.rpm

-i option for installation
-v for verbose
-h for dependencies check

Oliv'