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installing fwbackups on Mint

I am trying to install fwbackups on linux mint. I get this error:

Code:

./configure --prefix=/usr

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)... yes

checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar

checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.4... python

checking for python... /usr/bin/python

checking for python version... 2.7

checking for python platform... linux2

checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages

checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.7/dist-packages

checking for style of include used by make... GNU

checking for gcc... gcc

checking whether the C compiler works... no

configure: error: in `/home/user/fwbackups-1.43.4':

configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

See `config.log' for more details

I echoed the config.log file, and noticed it was really long, and wasn't sure if I should post it as well?

You were probably wise not to post the entire config.log. It would be more helpful to isolate the errors and post them.

It looks as if the C Compiler is not working. Also, were you doing the compiling as root or as user? (I'm not sure that's relevant, but it might be. I always compile as root.)

This is a shot in the dark, but, as I recall, Mint does not ship with a compiler out of the box as many Mint users do not compile from sources and distros are always looking for ways to slim down the *.iso files. Open Synaptic and verify that gcc is installed.

I think I had to do that in order to compile from sources on Mint, but it's been several months and I didn't write anything down.