LinuxQuestions.org - [SOLVED] /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcr

I am currently trying to build some finite difference code with a parallel compiler (MPICH2) but I continue to get the following error message when trying to configure the code:

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

I then checked to see if my compiler was linked to mpicc (using the -cc option) but upon trying I get the message:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcr

I am new to configuring linux systems and am unsure what this means.
Thanks for the help.

Also in case something else is the issue here is the config.log contents:

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 2.57. Invocation command line was

$ ../SAMRAI/configure --prefix=~/SAMRAI-v2.1.0 --with-CC=mpicc --with-CXX=mpicc --with-pvode=~/SAMRAI/CVODE.10.2000-noreal --with-kinsol=~/SAMRAI/kinsol.4.2000-noreal --with-hdf5=/usr/local/hdf5_parallel

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = ubuntu
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 2.6.38-8-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown

/bin/arch = unknown
/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
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/games

## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1429: CONFIG_SHELL is '/bin/bash'
configure:1467: checking build system type
configure:1485: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:1493: checking host system type
configure:1507: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:1515: checking target system type
configure:1529: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:1553: target_cpu is 'x86_64'
configure:1553: target_vendor is 'unknown'
configure:1553: target_os is 'linux-gnu'
configure:1723: LD_LIBRARY_PATH is unset
configure:1730: checking the architecture
configure:1761: result: LINUX
configure:1782: ARCH is 'LINUX'
configure:1811: before running compiler search: with_CXX is 'mpicc'
configure:1811: before running compiler search: CXX is 'mpicc'
configure:1811: before running compiler search: CCC is unset
configure:1909: checking for C++ compiler version
configure:1912: mpicc --version </dev/null >&5
gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) 4.5.2
Copyright (C) 2010 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:1915: $? = 0
configure:1917: mpicc -v </dev/null >&5
mpicc for MPICH2 version 1.3.1
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5.2/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.5/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.5 --enable-shared --enable-multiarch --with-multiarch-defaults=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.5 --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-plugin --enable-gold --enable-ld=default --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold --enable-objc-gc --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4)
configure:1920: $? = 0
configure:1922: mpicc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: '-V' must come at the start of the command line
configure:1925: $? = 1
configure:1949: checking for C++ compiler default output
configure:1952: mpicc conftest.cc -lm >&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcr
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:1955: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| #line 1928 "configure"
| /* confdefs.h. */
|
| #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
| #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
| /* end confdefs.h. */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
| ;
| return 0;
| }
configure:1994: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

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

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## Output variables. ##
## ----------------- ##

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CPP=''
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## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

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#define PACKAGE_NAME ""
#define PACKAGE_STRING ""
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
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configure: exit 77