can't install certain programs

makemorebeer · 11-17-2008, 02:15 PM

So i've gotten this before when trying to install applications. how do i fix it...

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

I'm trying to install rt3 trouble tracking software

trickykid · 11-17-2008, 02:52 PM

You don't have gcc installed or one of it's dependencies to compile with.

makemorebeer · 11-17-2008, 03:58 PM

so i run apt-get install {what goes here} to get GCC. cause if i run gcc from the command line it looks like it's there.

trickykid · 11-17-2008, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by makemorebeer

so i run apt-get install {what goes here} to get GCC. cause if i run gcc from the command line it looks like it's there.

So if gcc is present, then what does your config.log tell you since it says to look there for more details?

makemorebeer · 11-17-2008, 04:32 PM

it fails on the command

gcc conftest.c >&5

says it can't create executeables.

reddazz · 11-18-2008, 09:53 PM

If you are using Ubuntu (or one of its derivatives), try

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential

That should install gcc correctly along with any dependencies it needs.