samba install
 

i downloaded samba-latest.tar.gz into /tmp directory. from there i ran tar zxvf samba-latest.tar.gz created a directory samba2.2.3a with the files under /root i looked everywhere and none of the methodes to finish the install from there worked anyone know the proceddure it is redhat 7.2

if you go into the folder you unpacked it to you can do ./configure then make then make install. thats it.

creating cache ./config.cache
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $path


thats what i get when i run ./configure

You don't seem to have a compiler installed on your system, which is necessary to, um, compile the Samba source. Try one of the following to see if it's installed:
locate gcc
whereis gcc
find / -name gcc

If not, you'll have to pull it from an RPM on the install CDs. You'll need to install certain library packages as well, but I'm not at home now so I can't check my Redhat system to tell you exactly which ones.

are u on as root? also you may need to look into a new gcc if you want to hook up into a ntfs pc.