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I have had some trouble with Mandriva. I have been trying to install new software and every time I use the ./config command I get this response:
[james@localhost pidgin-2.3.1]$ ./config
bash: ./config: No such file or directory
[james@localhost pidgin-2.3.1]$ ./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 build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for sed... /bin/sed
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
I have downloaded the newest GCC tarbell and I have decompressed it, but I do not know what to do with the decompressed data.
Someone told me to use the Install & Remove Software program for putting new programs on my computer, but I honestly cannot figure out how to make that work either. I would much rather use the command prompt.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem in Mandriva?
I have downloaded the newest GCC tarbell and I have decompressed it, but I do not know what to do with the decompressed data.
Thanks.
Well, you don't want to do that. That tarball contains source code which you won't be able to compile without a C compiler! You'll want to find pre-built packages for Mandriva (RPMs) and install those. You may be able to find packages for other software you want to install, too (I'd imagine there's a package for Pidgin at least). Mandriva uses urpmi as its package manager, so you'll want to learn how to use it.
It would help if people would give a simple answer to the question at hand
rather than try to externalize onto other sites - this is why StackOverflow
has been successful, because people could find answers to their questions
quickly.
I have not yet found a solution (still searching) but in other forum posts
the solution was to use:
urpmi gcc # or replace with the program that you desire to install
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