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Jinouchi 02-23-2008 09:42 PM

Audacity install: error: C compiler cannot create executables
 
I'm trying to install audacity and I get the following:

Code:

$ ./configure
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

$ mtype config.log
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 = XXX
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.6.18-6-486
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 Sun Feb 10 22:06:33 UTC 2008

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

/bin/arch              = i686
/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/bin/X11
PATH: /usr/games


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

configure:1405: checking for gcc
configure:1421: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:1431: result: gcc
configure:1675: checking for C compiler version
configure:1678: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

configure:1681: $? = 0
configure:1683: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
Using built-in specs.
Target: i486-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --with-tune=i686 --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)
configure:1686: $? = 0
configure:1688: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: '-V' option must have argument
configure:1691: $? = 1
configure:1714: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:1717: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
/usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:1720: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h.  */
|
| #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
| #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
|  ;
|  return 0;
| }
configure:1759: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

That's not all of the config.log, but I think that's all that's important. Can someone tell me what I need to do? I'm guessing I need to install some other package first, but what? Thanks.

paulsm4 02-23-2008 10:28 PM

Hi -

The problem is that you've apparently got a C compiler (gcc), but you're missing the development package (gcc-devel-xxx).

I'm not sure how that can happen but, fortunately, the solution is easy:

http://anaaman.blogspot.com/2006/01/...h-file-or.html

'Hope that helps .. PSM

Jinouchi 02-25-2008 10:29 AM

I got an error 404, page not found. Could you double check the url? ty.


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