No acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

nchettle · 05-08-2009, 12:40 PM

I got this message when I tried to install a package using "./configure". I assumed it was because GCC was missing so I downloaded GCC 4.4.0 unzipped it and got the same message when I tried to install that. The PATH was pointing to the right directory.

I have an ASUS Eee PC 901 with Xandros.

MensaWater · 05-08-2009, 12:48 PM

Try running "which gcc" to see if it finds the compiler. If it doesn't then it is not in your PATH correctly. If it does then it may mean the configure script is setting PATH to something unexpected and overriding the one you have set. You can modify configure to have the right directory in its PATH.

farslayer · 05-08-2009, 01:26 PM

With Xandro couldn't you just install GCC using apt-get ?

http://polythinker.blogspot.com/2008...lkthrough.html

nchettle · 05-08-2009, 02:47 PM

When I run "which gcc" nothing happens, it just gives me the command prompt. I've looked at the configure file - how should I change it?

nchettle · 05-08-2009, 02:51 PM

I've already tried apt-get and it says that gcc is "not available" and that it "doesn't have a candidate for its installation" (translated from spanish)

MensaWater · 05-08-2009, 03:01 PM

Try typing "find / -name gcc" to see if you find the command.

farslayer · 05-08-2009, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nchettle

I've already tried apt-get and it says that gcc is "not available" and that it "doesn't have a candidate for its installation" (translated from spanish)

Did you read the link I posted ?

Quote:

Installing GCC on Eee PC: A Walkthrough

After some googling I found the following method to get gcc-4.1.2 from a xandros repository.

First, add the following line in /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://xnv4.xandros.com/xs2.0/pkg/ xs2.0-xn main

Next, update the list of available packages by

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xandros-archive-keyring

The second command is just to let the system accept the public key of the xandros repository. After that, install gcc and libc6-dev as follows

sudo apt-get install gcc
sudo apt-get install libc6-dev

nchettle · 05-08-2009, 03:08 PM

Yes, in /usr/lib/gcc and of course also in the directory which I downloaded version 4.4.0 into.

nchettle · 05-08-2009, 03:11 PM

There is 1 file in a /usr/lib/gcc sub-directory called cc1

nchettle · 05-09-2009, 12:38 PM

Thank you. I did all that, but when I then tried to install the package which generated the original message about there being no acceptable C compiler in $PATH, I now get "C Compiler cannot create executables". Any ideas?

Bradfirj92 · 05-09-2009, 12:52 PM

Perhaps permissions are set so the compiler is unable to create the file?

nchettle · 05-09-2009, 02:24 PM

Do you mean that I should be root when I do the install?