Hi everybody.

I am trying to install GCC-4.4.0 in DEBIAN 2.26-686, but the installation request a C compiler that is seems not to be installed.

Can-you help me to find a C compiler compatible with GCC-4.4.0?

Thanks for your Help.

Regards.

Perhaps we could, if we knew what the error was. What's it saying, exactly? How are you trying to do this install? Are you building from source or installing via package, and where did you get what you're trying to work with?

Here are the messages issued from ./configure:

patrick@debian:~/gcc-4.4.0$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: in `/home/patrick/gcc-4.4.0':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
patrick@debian:~/gcc-4.4.0$

I've attached the config.log file with this reply:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by configure, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59. Invocation command line was

$ ./configure

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = debian
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.6.26-2-686
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP Thu May 28 15:39:35 UTC 2009

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown

/bin/arch = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown

PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/games


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1563: checking build system type
configure:1581: result: i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
configure:1616: checking host system type
configure:1630: result: i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
configure:1638: checking target system type
configure:1652: result: i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
configure:1696: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:1762: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:1773: checking whether ln works
configure:1795: result: yes
configure:1799: checking whether ln -s works
configure:1803: result: yes
configure:3002: checking for gcc
configure:3031: result: no
configure:3082: checking for cc
configure:3111: result: no
configure:3124: checking for cc
configure:3170: result: no
configure:3223: checking for cl
configure:3252: result: no
configure:3265: error: in `/home/patrick/gcc-4.4.0':
configure:3268: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

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## Output variables. ##
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## Output files. ##
## ------------- ##

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ospace_frag=''
serialization_dependencies=''
target_makefile_frag=''

## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
#define PACKAGE_NAME ""
#define PACKAGE_STRING ""
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
#define PACKAGE_VERSION ""

configure: exit 1

Regards.

It seems you're trying to compile a c compiler without having installed a c compiler. Nice trick if you can do it Why not install a gcc package like gcc-4.3 and be prepared to install loads of dev packages then give it another try.
Cheers,
jdk

Do the following steps and your system should be ready to compile most items..

aptitude update
aptitude install build-essential module-assistant
m-a update
m-a prepare

rlayer

It seems that fairlayer's response can help me.

I am going to try his solution.

Your solution is right.

Many Thanks for your Help.