hi,
i've been trying to install some bioinformatics software on my ubunu linux system and when i run ./configure, it comes up with this error message. im pretty new to this so i'm not really sure what it means or how to resolve it, so any help would be good. thanks.
Code:
user@it053392:~/Downloads/sortmerna-2.0$ ./configure
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... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl.exe... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether the C++ compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/user/Downloads/sortmerna-2.0':
configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
user@it053392:~/Downloads/sortmerna-2.0$
Code:
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
It was created by sortmerna configure dev, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69. Invocation command line was
$ ./configure
## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##
hostname = it053392
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 3.13.0-65-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #106-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2 22:08:27 UTC 2015
/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown
/bin/arch = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/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
PATH: /usr/local/games
## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##
configure:2266: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:2334: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:2345: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:2400: result: yes
configure:2551: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p
configure:2590: result: /bin/mkdir -p
configure:2597: checking for gawk
configure:2627: result: no
configure:2597: checking for mawk
configure:2613: found /usr/bin/mawk
configure:2624: result: mawk
configure:2635: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:2657: result: yes
configure:2686: checking whether make supports nested variables
configure:2703: result: yes
configure:2893: checking for g++
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for c++
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for gpp
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for aCC
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for CC
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for cxx
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for cc++
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for cl.exe
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for FCC
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for KCC
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for RCC
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for xlC_r
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2893: checking for xlC
configure:2923: result: no
configure:2947: checking for C++ compiler version
configure:2956: g++ --version >&5
./configure: line 2958: g++: command not found
configure:2967: $? = 127
configure:2956: g++ -v >&5
./configure: line 2958: g++: command not found
configure:2967: $? = 127
configure:2956: g++ -V >&5
./configure: line 2958: g++: command not found
configure:2967: $? = 127
configure:2956: g++ -qversion >&5
./configure: line 2958: g++: command not found
configure:2967: $? = 127
configure:2987: checking whether the C++ compiler works
configure:3009: g++ -O3 conftest.cpp >&5
./configure: line 3011: g++: command not found
configure:3013: $? = 127
configure:3051: result: no
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "sortmerna"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "sortmerna"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "dev"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "sortmerna dev"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "jenya DT kopylov AT gmail DT fr"
| #define PACKAGE_URL "http://bioinfo.lifl.fr/sortmerna"
| #define PACKAGE "sortmerna"
| #define VERSION "dev"
| /* end confdefs.h. */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
| ;
| return 0;
| }
configure:3056: error: in `/home/user/Downloads/sortmerna-2.0':
configure:3058: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
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## ----------------- ##
## Output variables. ##
## ----------------- ##
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AMTAR='$${TAR-tar}'
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AUTOCONF='${SHELL} /home/user/Downloads/sortmerna-2.0/missing autoconf'
AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /home/user/Downloads/sortmerna-2.0/missing autoheader'
AUTOMAKE='${SHELL} /home/user/Downloads/sortmerna-2.0/missing automake-1.14'
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INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
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LDFLAGS=''
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LIBS=''
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MAKEINFO='${SHELL} /home/user/Downloads/sortmerna-2.0/missing makeinfo'
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OBJEXT=''
OPENMP_CFLAGS=''
PACKAGE='sortmerna'
PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='jenya DT kopylov AT gmail DT fr'
PACKAGE_NAME='sortmerna'
PACKAGE_STRING='sortmerna dev'
PACKAGE_TARNAME='sortmerna'
PACKAGE_URL='http://bioinfo.lifl.fr/sortmerna'
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dvidir='${docdir}'
exec_prefix='NONE'
host_alias=''
htmldir='${docdir}'
includedir='${prefix}/include'
infodir='${datarootdir}/info'
install_sh='${SHELL} /home/user/Downloads/sortmerna-2.0/install-sh'
libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
localedir='${datarootdir}/locale'
localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
mandir='${datarootdir}/man'
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oldincludedir='/usr/include'
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psdir='${docdir}'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
target_alias=''
## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##
/* confdefs.h */
#define PACKAGE_NAME "sortmerna"
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "sortmerna"
#define PACKAGE_VERSION "dev"
#define PACKAGE_STRING "sortmerna dev"
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "jenya DT kopylov AT gmail DT fr"
#define PACKAGE_URL "http://bioinfo.lifl.fr/sortmerna"
#define PACKAGE "sortmerna"
#define VERSION "dev"
configure: exit 77