GCC Compiler problem

ELPDave · 05-29-2007, 06:01 PM

Hello,
I’m trying to install Bind 9.4 on my Debian installation.

The Debian installation process installed gcc-4.1 and gcc-4.1 base
I found and installed other packages like binutils cpp-4.1 libssp0
Libgcc4.

But when I type ./configure I get the message

“configure error: C Compiler cannot create executables”

If anyone has some insight into this, I would appreciate it

Thanks

ELPDave

HappyTux · 05-29-2007, 11:06 PM

Normally that means binutils is not installed but since you say you have it get build-essential just to make sure nothing else was left out.

ELPDave · 05-31-2007, 07:16 PM

Thanks - where would I find 'build-essential' ?

ELPDave

Dutch Master · 05-31-2007, 07:28 PM

Code:

apt-get update && apt-get install build-essential

As root in a terminal. Or do a search in Synaptic.

ELPDave · 06-01-2007, 07:48 AM

Thanks -- but wouldn't the command "apt-get update && apt-get install build-essential"
require that BIND be working ?

Since I'm currently not able to compile BIND, I'm thinking that wouldn't work.

Sorry, I'm new to Debian - what is Synaptic ?

Thanks

ELPDave

farslayer · 06-01-2007, 08:15 AM

BIND is for running your own DNS server.

To access the internet you simply need your PC to be able to do DNS queries.. usually this is accomplished by putting DNS entries from your ISP in /etc/resolv.conf (usually taken care of automatically if you have DHCP on your network.. )

Quote:

user@mail:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
search mydomain.com
nameserver 216.229.72.9
nameserver 216.229.73.9

Is there a specific reason you need BIND 9.4 rather than the version that is included with Debian ?

Code:

user@it-etch:~$ apt-cache policy bind9
bind9:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:9.3.4-2
  Version table:
     1:9.3.4-2 0
        500 http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu etch/main Packages

ELPDave · 06-01-2007, 06:53 PM

I didn't like the BIND version that loaded with Debian.
I'm used to the BIND that loads with Red Hat and which correlated
with O'reilly's "DNS and BIND" and the Debian BIND didn't follow
the O-reilly book in some things.

I run a DNS server on FC3 and frankly, I'm used to things working without so
many complications. When I tried to use the BIND files I use with FC3
Debian BIND didn't like them. After I finally got BIND running, it didn't want to
resolv anything. Then, one of the members of this list suggested downloading
BIND9.4 and compiling and installing it. I thought this was a pretty good idea because
my FC3 uses BIND9.4 - but no, the gcc compiler says it can't create an executable so I've
been trying to find out why that's so.

To a certain extent, I don't mind experimenting and learning about a new flavor of Linux
But I have a practical reason for creating another server - I want a backup for the server
I use now. The FC3 server also has Sendmail on it. I just can't wait to see what I have to
go through to configure and install Sendmail as well as Berkeley DB.

Thanks

ELPDave