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no acceptable C compiler found in $path

Whenever I try to configure a program after untarring it I receive this error.

[root@localhost mc-4.6.0]# ./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)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
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.

How do I get the C compiler into $PATH

I am using RH9

Is it installed?

gcc --version

# Red Hat links
Red Hat Linux Manuals
Get your mp3 support here
Maximum RPM
rpmfind
Easier software management: apt4rpm - Red Carpet
Red Hat 8.0 Tips & Tricks

# Red Hat 7.3 down configuration commands
setup leads to several configuration tools

# Red Hat 7.3 up configuration commands
Configure soundcard:
redhat-config-soundcard
Configure X server:
redhat-config-xfree86
Configure network:
redhat-config-network
Manage software:
redhat-config-packages

# Handling NTFS
New Technology FileSystem (NTFS) HOWTOs
Linux NTFS project

No it appears not to be.

[root@localhost /]# gcc --version
bash: gcc: command not found
[root@localhost /]#

You can"t use something unless you install it, I presume you know.

Chapter 33. Package Management Tool

# Guides to software management
LNAG - How do I install a program I downloaded from the Internet?
Rute Guide's software explanation
You might want to check out CheckInstall to manage source code installations/uninstallation

Uh, Sometimes I tend to overthink things.

Now I feel like a supernewbie.

Thanks for pointing out my brain fart.

Thanks

I had the same problem, but I installed gcc (though it was without Internet and some problems with fiding files on disk were occurred)...Now it writes

Code:

linux-xraq:/home/lomza_t/bin/libdvdcss-1.2.10 #

 ./configure

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

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 gcc... gcc

checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out

checking whether the C compiler works... yes

checking whether we are cross compiling... no

checking for suffix of executables...

checking for suffix of object files... o

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes

checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed

checking for style of include used by make... none

checking dependency style of gcc... none

checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E

checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep

checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E

checking for ANSI C header files... yes

checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed

checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld

checking if the linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes

checking for /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r

checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B

checking whether ln -s works... yes

checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all

checking for sys/types.h... yes

checking for sys/stat.h... yes

checking for stdlib.h... yes

checking for string.h... yes

checking for memory.h... yes

checking for strings.h... yes

checking for inttypes.h... yes

checking for stdint.h... yes

checking for unistd.h... yes

checking dlfcn.h usability... yes

checking dlfcn.h presence... yes

checking for dlfcn.h... yes

checking for g++... g++

checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes

checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes

checking dependency style of g++... none

checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E

checking for g77... no

checking for xlf... no

checking for f77... no

checking for frt... no

checking for pgf77... no

checking for cf77... no

checking for fort77... no

checking for fl32... no

checking for af77... no

checking for xlf90... no

checking for f90... no

checking for pgf90... no

checking for pghpf... no

checking for epcf90... no

checking for gfortran... gfortran

checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes

checking whether gfortran accepts -g... yes

checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864

checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok

checking for objdir... .libs

checking for ar... ar

checking for ranlib... ranlib

checking for strip... strip

checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no

checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC

checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes

checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes

checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes

checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes

checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no

checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so

checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate

checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes

checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes

checking whether to build shared libraries... yes

checking whether to build static libraries... yes

configure: creating libtool

appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool

checking for ld used by g++... /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld

checking if the linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes

checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes

checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC

checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes

checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes

checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes

checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes

checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so

(cached) (cached) checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate

appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool

checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes

checking whether to build shared libraries... yes

checking whether to build static libraries... yes

checking for gfortran option to produce PIC... -fPIC

checking if gfortran PIC flag -fPIC works... yes

checking if gfortran static flag -static works... yes

checking if gfortran supports -c -o file.o... yes

checking whether the gfortran linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes

checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so

(cached) (cached) checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate

checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes

checking for inline... inline

checking for size_t... yes

checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes

checking sys/param.h usability... yes

checking sys/param.h presence... yes

checking for sys/param.h... yes

checking limits.h usability... yes

checking limits.h presence... yes

checking for limits.h... yes

checking pwd.h usability... yes

checking pwd.h presence... yes

checking for pwd.h... yes

checking errno.h usability... yes

checking errno.h presence... yes

checking for errno.h... yes

checking windows.h usability... no

checking windows.h presence... no

checking for windows.h... no

checking sys/ioctl.h usability... yes

checking sys/ioctl.h presence... yes

checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes

checking sys/cdio.h usability... no

checking sys/cdio.h presence... no

checking for sys/cdio.h... no

checking sys/dvdio.h usability... no

checking sys/dvdio.h presence... no

checking for sys/dvdio.h... no

checking linux/cdrom.h usability... yes

checking linux/cdrom.h presence... yes

checking for linux/cdrom.h... yes

checking dvd.h usability... no

checking dvd.h presence... no

checking for dvd.h... no

checking /sys/dev/scsi/scsi_ioctl.h usability... no

checking /sys/dev/scsi/scsi_ioctl.h presence... no

checking for /sys/dev/scsi/scsi_ioctl.h... no

checking sys/scsi/scsi_types.h usability... no

checking sys/scsi/scsi_types.h presence... no

checking for sys/scsi/scsi_types.h... no

checking sys/scsi.h usability... no

checking sys/scsi.h presence... no

checking for sys/scsi.h... no

checking IOKit/storage/IODVDMediaBSDClient.h usability... no

checking IOKit/storage/IODVDMediaBSDClient.h presence... no

checking for IOKit/storage/IODVDMediaBSDClient.h... no

checking if $CC accepts -Wall... yes

checking if $CC accepts -Wsign-compare... yes

checking for doxygen... no

checking for latex... no

configure: creating ./config.status

config.status: creating Makefile

config.status: creating doc/Makefile

config.status: creating src/Makefile

config.status: creating src/dvdcss/Makefile

config.status: creating test/Makefile

config.status: creating src/libdvdcss.pc

config.status: creating config.h

config.status: config.h is unchanged

config.status: executing depfiles commands

linux-xraq:/home/lomza_t/bin/libdvdcss-1.2.10 # make

bash: make: command not found

after entering ./configure
What does it mean and what should I do? Pleace, help me !

On the surface of it, it means that make is not installed. Since you say that there were issues installing gcc, the first thing to try would be re-installing gcc.

OK, I re-installed gcc and...NOTHING! Exactly the same! Oh Gosh! I'll better die!

So, is the command 'make' in your $PATH?? if you run 'which make' does it display the full path of the make command? If not, you'll need to find the command (look in /usr/bin or /bin) or use 'locate make' (if locate is installed) and add this directory to your PATH shell variable.

Stuart.

On a seperate note, you would have been better off starting a new thread as the one you just updated is 5 years old!!!

Results:

Code:

lomza_t@linux-xraq:~> $PATH

bash: /usr/bin:/home/lomza_t/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/cross/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin: No such file or directory

lomza_t@linux-xraq:~> which make

which: no make in (/usr/bin:/home/lomza_t/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/cross/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin)

What about "usr/bin"...This is a fragment:

Code:

lzless                          xpsimplehelloworld

lzma                            xpxthelloworld

lzmadec                          xrandr

lzmainfo                        xrdb

lzmore                          xrefresh

m2300w                          xrx

m2300w-wrapper                  xset

m2400w                          xsetmode

mac2unix                        xsetpointer

macptopbm                        xsetroot

Mail                            xsetwacom

mail                            xsltproc

mail-files                      xsm

mailq                            xstdcmap

mailserver                      xstroke

mailshar                        xsubpp

mailstat                        xterm

mailto                          xtermset

mailto-hebrew                    xtp

mailx                            xtrace

makedeltaiso                    xtrapchar

makedeltarpm                    xtrapin

makedepend                      xtrapinfo

makeg                            xtrapout

makekdewidgets                  xtrapproto

make_method                      xtrapreset

makestrs                        xtrapstats

man                              xulrunner

mandb                            xvid4conf

manpath                          xvidenc

matteblend.flt                  xvidtune

mbchk                            xvinfo

mcookie                          xvkbd

md5sum                          xvminitoppm

mdatopbm                        Xvnc

mdiff                            xwd

mencoder                        xwdiff

mencvcd                          xwdtopnm

mergelib                        xwininfo

merge-pciids                    xwud

merge-pciids.pl                  xxd

mergesolv                        y4mblack

mesg                            y4mcolorbars

metamail                        y4mdenoise

metasend                        y4mhist

mev                              y4minterlace

mgrep                            y4mivtc

mgrtopbm                        y4mshift

mimebzip                        y4mspatialfilter

mimecheck                        y4mstabilizer

mimegzip                        y4mtopnm

mime-info-to-mime                y4mtoppm

mimeit                          y4mtoqt

mimencode                        y4mtoyuv

mimezip                          y4munsharp

min12xxw                        yauap

mjpeg_simd_helper                ybmtopbm

mkafmmap                        ycpc

mkdfiff                          yes

mkdgiff                          ypcat

mkdirhier                        ypchfn

mkfifo                          ypchsh

mkfontdir                        ypipe

mkfontscale                      ypmatch

mkhtmlindex                      yppasswd

mkinfodir                        ypwhich

mkisofs                          yuv2lav

mkzftree                        yuv4mpeg

mkzimage_cmdline                yuvcorrect

mmencode                        yuvcorrect_tune

mmroff                          yuvdeinterlace

mode2                            yuvdenoise

mogrify                          yuvfps

montage                          yuvinactive

mouse-test                      yuvkineco

mplayer                          yuvmedianfilter

mplex                            yuvplay

mppdec                          yuvscaler

mpt-status                      yuvsplittoppm

mrftopbm                        yuvtoppm

msgfmt                          yuvycsnoise

mt                              yuyvtoy4m

mtrace                          zcat

mtvtoppm                        zcmp

multiblend.flt                  zdiff

munch                            zegrep

munchlist                        zeisstopnm

namei                            zfgrep

neotoppm                        zforce

nepomuk-rcgen                    zgrep

neqn                            zip

netcat                          zipcloak

OK I assumed too much.

Is the 'make' package installed, as said previous, if itsnot installed you can't use it.

check with 'rpm -qi make' if its not, then install it.

Assistance Needed

Please assist. I am new in linux and tried to Install ImageMagick but found following errors (below).

[root@ACSS-SDDBEASRV02 /]# cd usr/local/bin/
[root@ACSS-SDDBEASRV02 bin]# cd ImageMagick-6.6.9-9
[root@ACSS-SDDBEASRV02 ImageMagick-6.6.9-9]# ./configure
configuring ImageMagick 6.6.9-9
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: in `/usr/local/bin/ImageMagick-6.6.9-9':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details
[root@ACSS-SDDBEASRV02 ImageMagick-6.6.9-9]#
[root@ACSS-SDDBEASRV02 ImageMagick-6.6.9-9]# gcc --version
-bash: gcc: command not found
[root@ACSS-SDDBEASRV02 ImageMagick-6.6.9-9]#

1. this is 5 yrs old. Ask the mods to move this to a new thread for you via the Report button.

2. we'd need to know what distro and version you've got

Code:

cat /etc/*release*

uname -a

3. in any case, as it says, you've not installed the dev tools, inc the gcc compiler.
Do that before you try building stuff