no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

Shakes79 · 01-18-2008, 05:33 AM

Hello

I tried to install the new phyton as well as other software, but everytime i recieve this error message "no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH" although a gcc folder exist. If i type in "gcc" i recieve the error message "bash: gcc: command not found", what should i do, Should I reinstall gcc ?

My System: Red Hat 5

Thanks

bigrigdriver · 01-18-2008, 07:51 AM

It means that the directory which contains the gcc executable is not in your PATH environment.

To find out which gcc the system uses, at a terminal, enter 'which gcc' (without quotes).

To see if that directory is in your PATH, enter 'echo $PATH'.

To add that directory to your PATH,

Code:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin       # or wherever the 'which gcc' command says it is
export PATH

Shakes79 · 01-21-2008, 05:40 AM

Thanks for your reply,

These are my results:

Code:

[root@linuxdesk ~]# which gcc
/usr/bin/which: no gcc in (/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin)
[root@linuxdesk ~]#

so i think i dont have one installed, but nevertheless i dont understand why i have some directories "gcc". Does it makes any difference if this dircetory is for 32 or 64bit ???

Thanks