hello,

newbie here, hoping that someone can point me in the right direction...

i have a new virtual private server which will eventually host a few web sites. i've never worked with a vitual private server, or Linux for that matter. The VPS is running fedora-core-2 (psa v7.5.4_build75051014.16 os_FedoraCore 2) on Linux (Linux 2.4.20-021stab028.17.777-smp).

i need to install imagemagick (and sox, eventually, once i figure this out) on the server. i've found & downloaded the .tar.gz files, ftp'd them to my server, and unpacked them.

So, now I have an /ImageMagick-6.2.6/ directory in the following location: /usr/lib/ (is this an OK location?)

Going by the ImageMagick websites install instructions, i use my SSH client to navigate to /usr/lib/ImageMagick-6.2.6/ and then type ./configure, but i get the following error message:
configuring ImageMagick 6.2.6
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-
checking target system type... i686-pc-linu
checking whether build environment is sane.
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /u
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler
See `config.log' for more details.

So, from the best I can tell, I need to install a C Compiler? I'd love some advice on how to proceed with this, I googled it and ended up on the GCC homepage, but installing GCC looks really complicated!

Thanks in advance for your help!!

In reading through some other posts, i was able to determine that I think my GCC complier IS installed, but my $PATH must not point to it...

[root@localhost /]# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.4.20-021stab028.17.777-smp (moruga@current.eng.sw.ru)
(gcc version 2.96 on 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 SMP Tue Jul 19 19:46:08 MSD 2005

So according to the info above, it looks like I already have gcc version 2.96 installed, right? (or am I making an incorrect assumption?) How the heck can I find the $PATH to it? I've tried:
find / -name gcc
but it only returns the gcc folders i've created while unsuccesfully trying to install gcc...

when i run $echo $PATH, I get the following:

[root@localhost /]# $echo $PATH
bash: //sbin://bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:
/usr/bin/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin: No such file or directory

can anyone suggest another method for me to find the correct $PATH ?

thanks!

locate gcc (or try slocate gcc)

Core 2 is kinda old now, i'd go with 4 or 5 to be released soonish, like march)

you could try export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/gcc

That should export a new load of paths, including the current one and the new directory of GCC

if it works then you can add it to your ~/.bashrc (run everytime a shell is) or ~/.bash_profile (run evbery login)

well, when i run locate gcc at first it told me i must updatedb, and after updatedb i ran locate gcc again & i get the following:

/lib/libgcc_s-3.3.3-20040413.so.1
/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/sbin/libgcc_post_upgrade
/usr/lib/gcc-lib
/usr/lib/gcc-lib
/home/imagemagick/libpng-1.0.6/pnggccrd.c
/home/imagemagick/libpng-1.0.6/scripts/makefile.gcc
/home/imagemagick/libpng-1.0.6/scripts/makefile.sgg
/home/imagemagick/tiff-v3.5.5/contrib/tags/Makefile
/root/sox-12.17.9/src/gsm/Makefile.gcc
/root/sox-12.17.9/src/Makefile.gcc

I'm not sure what I'm really looking for here, is it just a file, or a folder called gcc? I know that the imagemagick & sox directories are files i've uploaded, since i'm trying to install those programs... It would make sense if the gcc-lib folder is what i'm looking for, but it's totally empty.

so i tried the "export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/gcc" per suggestion, and oops, i added that exact text to the PATH. :-( Now, guessing that the gcc must be in one of the directories listed above, i added a few more lines to my PATH. here is what my PATH looks like now:
echo $PATH
//sbin://bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin
and i just noticed that i get different results if i type the $ before the echo $PATH:
$echo $PATH
-bash: //sbin://bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:
:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin: No such file or directory

the previous response said "if it works then you can add it to your ~/.bashrc (run everytime a shell is) or ~/.bash_profile (run evbery login)" - i'm totally lost! How do I know if "it worked", and can someone please elaborate on the ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile response?

thanks again!
~confused