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Cannot install ANYTHING!

Hi all,

After a fresh FULL reinstall of Slackware 9.0, I am still having troubles installing drivers and programs.
I have attempted to install the Alsa Drivers for my VIA 8233 AC97 audio chip, and I am following the instructions given.

Code:

 In a shell type these commands:



 Make a directory to store the alsa source code in.



        cd /usr/src

        mkdir alsa

        cd alsa

        cp /downloads/alsa-* .



 Now unzip and install the alsa-driver package:



      bunzip2 alsa-driver-xxx

        tar -xf alsa-driver-xxx

        cd alsa-driver-xxx

        ./configure --with-cards=via82xx --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install

and when I get to the ./configure part, I get this output.

Code:

root@stevo:/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-0.9.6# ./configure --with-cards=via82xx --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install

checking for gcc... gcc

checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

make all-deps

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-0.9.6'

make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all-deps'.

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-0.9.6'



Please, run the configure script as first...



rm -f /snd*.o /persist.o /isapnp.o

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-0.9.6/support'

Makefile:9: ../Makefile.conf: No such file or directory

Makefile:27: /Rules.make: No such file or directory

make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/Rules.make'.  Stop.

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-0.9.6/support'

make: *** [install-modules] Error 1

So I try running the ./configure line a diff way and I get this:

Code:

root@stevo:/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-0.9.6# ./configure --with-cards=via82xx --with-sequencer=yes && make && make install

checking for gcc... gcc

checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

Then I try running the configure script on its own, and here is what I get:

Code:

root@stevo:/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-0.9.6# ./configure --with-cards=via82xx --with-sequencer=yes

checking for gcc... gcc

checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

root@stevo:/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-0.9.6#

How do I install programs! What must I be missing?
Any help greatly appreciated.

Steve.

These following commands should fix it right up :)
Be in the directory where you unzipped the files and type one of the following commands:

#make

or

#make install

what is the output of errors from the config.log file?
it looks like a case of missing C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files.
make sure you have the glibc-devel package installed matching your glibc version...this is the most common reason for this error..

oh and tearinox, that will not solve his problem....

Here is the output from my config.log file

Code:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while

running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.



It was created by configure, which was

generated by GNU Autoconf 2.52.  Invocation command line was



  $ ./configure 



## ---------- ##

## Platform.  ##

## ---------- ##



hostname = h4x0r

uname -m = i686

uname -r = 2.4.20

uname -s = Linux

uname -v = #2 Mon Mar 17 22:02:15 PST 2003



/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown

/bin/uname -X    = unknown



/bin/arch              = i686

/usr/bin/arch -k      = unknown

/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown

hostinfo              = unknown

/bin/machine          = unknown

/usr/bin/oslevel      = unknown

/bin/universe          = unknown



PATH = /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin



## ------------ ##

## Core tests.  ##

## ------------ ##



configure:949: PATH=".;."; conftest.sh

./configure: line 950: conftest.sh: command not found

configure:952: $? = 127

configure:1006: checking for gcc

configure:1021: found /usr/bin/gcc

configure:1029: result: gcc

configure:1257: checking for C compiler version

configure:1260: gcc --version </dev/null >&5

gcc (GCC) 3.2.2

Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO

warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.



configure:1263: $? = 0

configure:1265: gcc -v </dev/null >&5

Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-slackware-linux/3.2.2/specs

Configured with: ../gcc-3.2.2/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-checking --with-gnu-ld --verbose --target=i386-slackware-linux --host=i386-slackware-linux

Thread model: posix

gcc version 3.2.2

configure:1268: $? = 0

configure:1270: gcc -V </dev/null >&5

gcc: argument to `-V' is missing

configure:1273: $? = 1

configure:1293: checking for C compiler default output

configure:1296: gcc    conftest.c  >&5

gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or directory

configure:1299: $? = 1

configure: failed program was:

#line 1277 "configure"

#include "confdefs.h"



int

main ()

{



  ;

  return 0;

}

configure:1322: error: C compiler cannot create executables



## ----------------- ##

## Cache variables.  ##

## ----------------- ##



ac_cv_env_CC_set=

ac_cv_env_CC_value=

ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=

ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=

ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=

ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=

ac_cv_env_CPP_set=

ac_cv_env_CPP_value=

ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=

ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=

ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=

ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=

ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=

ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=

ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=

ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=

ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC=gcc





configure: exit 77

Quote:

Originally posted by DrOzz

make sure you have the glibc-devel package installed matching your glibc version...this is the most common reason for this error..

what would the glibc dev package look like, ie, what would its version number be. ie glibc-dev-2.3.1 etc......
I have glibc-2.3.1-i386-3 and a few glib packages associated with it.