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whenever i give ./configure command to insall any tar.gz file, the following message appears in konsole
no acceptable cc found in $PATH
plz help on what to do
i am using Mandrake 10.0
thanks in advance
thanks a lot for your replies
is the installation of gcc sufficient to have ccomplier ?
but while trying to install gcc i get the following message:
./configure
Configuring for a i686-pc-linux-gnu host.
Created "Makefile" in /home/har/gcc-3.3.2 using "mt-frag"
./configure: line 8: cc: command not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.
please help me on what to do
as i am new to linux, i am not able to follow things well
thanking you
It seems odd, but you need an existing C compiler to compile gcc (it's written mostly in C itself). If you have no compiler, you'll need to install ready compiled binaries. You should be able to find a gcc package on your distro's install media. If you're having trouble tell us which diostro (sorry if it's posted and I missed it) and we'll help you further,
On Mandrake, you should install a RPM package from the installation CD, and NOT try to compile it by hand.
Easiest way to do it is open Mandrake Control Center, find an icon for Add/Remove Software, find gcc in the list, select it, and the program will install it for you.
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