i keep getting this will trying to ./configure programs

jwilcox09@josh-wilcox-2:~/evolution-2.0.0> ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
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 whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for style of include used by make... none
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.

any ideas

confused new linux user.

You don't have gcc installed. gcc is a c compiler and is needed to make whatever it is you are trying to compile. Download it at http://gcc.gnu.org/ or do a google serch for it. Also check your installation cd, which would have it too.
You may face further challenges but the first step is gcc.

Good luck

I'm afraid I'm another confused linux newbie, but anyway, it appears that you don't have GCC (GNU C Compiler) installed, or at least it's not in your PATH variable. What distro are you using?

Mate do us a favor and give us some specs like what distro are you running?
Also it seems that you dont have any compiler installed, did you skipped development packages from installation or your distro didnt install'em?

i have SUSE linux 9.1 personal. i will look on the cd and see if the gcc is there.

now i get this when i try to install the new gcc

jwilcox09@josh-wilcox-2:~/gcc-3.4.3/gcc-3.4.3> ./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
./configure: line 2332: cc: command not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

any other ideas
thanks

Your environment variable is not set correctly, this is the last sentence in your error
message. You should do a research on what this variable is and set it correctly.
gcc is probably included in your system but the PATH which recognizes its presence is not correct.

I know this sounds like RFTM but it is a good starting point.

Cheers !

try to research the command "export" to set your path
after a line beginning by "declare" in mine, there is the Path, usually
/usr/bin ..etc..Check if gcc is in one of the folders you will find and if not..
see what I mean

you cannot build a compiler without a compiler... ( it's a circular dependency).

you need to go into Yast and install the development packages. gcc/g++ ( the c and c++ compilers respectively) are only part of what you need:

gcc
g++
binutils
sed
awk
perl
autoconf
automake
m4
make


that would be the minimum you would need if you are gonna build programs from source. But soon you will run into other problems, since you are running a distro that is not necessarily meant to be a platform to compile applications on ( but it can be done without too much hassle, provided you know what you need and know what you are doing). Also, since you are using a rpm distro, remember packages are split into multiple pieces, so look out for -devel packages and install them too.

Also, in addition to the above list, look for a libstdc++ and libstdc++-devel package. rpm distro's are known to split this into it's own package ( it comes with g++, but for some reason rpm distro's like to split it off into it's own package.)


Really, in the end, if you want to avoid all this start using prebuilt binary packages specifically packaged for your version of Suse.