hi i am just trying to install xmms on a default instalation of suse 9.1 however this is the second time this hase happend wile compiling software on suse i get an error message saying

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

to me it it is obviose that i need a c compiler. usually i have had one in my instalations exept red hat which was the first time i used linux so i didnt know better. i have never had the problem with slackware! how would i go about installing a C compiler on suse 9.1

if you need the rest of the output from the ./configure command for xmms i will past it below

/xmms-1.2.10 # ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for prefix by checking for xmms... /usr/bin/xmms
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
/xmms-1.2.10 # ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for prefix by checking for xmms... /usr/bin/xmms
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

thanks

Install GCC and friends from your distro's install media

acording to yast

cpp - The GCC prepoccessor

and the

libgcc - C compiler runtime libarary
are already installed is this right or do i have to install somrthing els?

thanks

As far as I know, SUSE does not come eith gcc installed or on the Distro CDs.
You need to get the actual compiler, not just the pre-processor (I think). You need to download an rpm for gcc.

The C++ compiler is called g++, so you may need to download that as well

I hope this helps
--Ian

chears for the help i will try it now

thanks again

I have a similar problem, adn I attempted using that download link, and it tells me I already have that installed as well. I think I managed to get a package from rpm pbone or something. But when i run ./configure now it tells me "configure cannot create executables."