/lib/cpp fails sanity check problem
 

Hi all,

I'm trying to install NCURSES-5.4 on a Linux box but am receiving the error:

Configuring NCURSES 5.4 ABI 5 (Thu Aug 25 23:57:25 EDT 2005)
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
Configuring for linux-gnulibc1
checking for prefix... /usr
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for executable suffix...
checking for object suffix... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking version of gcc... 3.2.2
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check

I decided to try compiling gcc-4.0.1 to hopefully fix the c++ processor.

Configure runs with no issue, but when attempting to 'make', I get:

checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
make: *** [configure-fastjar] Error 1

Now the config.log shows me this:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

configure:595: checking host system type
configure:616: checking target system type
configure:634: checking build system type
configure:689: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:742: checking whether ln works
configure:766: checking whether ln -s works
configure:1808: checking for gcc
configure:1921: checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works
configure:1937: gcc -o conftest conftest.c 1>&5
configure:1963: checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler
configure:1968: checking whether we are using GNU C
configure:1996: checking whether gcc accepts -g
configure:2063: checking for gnatbind
configure:2128: checking whether compiler driver understands Ada
configure:2160: checking how to compare bootstrapped objects
configure:2258: checking for correct version of gmp.h
configure:2271: gcc -c -g -O2 conftest.c 1>&5
configure:2261:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
configure: In function `main':
configure:2265: `choke' undeclared (first use in this function)
configure:2265: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
configure:2265: for each function it appears in.)
configure:2265: parse error before "me"
configure: failed program was:
#line 2260 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#include "gmp.h"
int main() {

#if __GNU_MP_VERSION < 3
choke me
#endif

; return 0; }
configure:2784: checking for bison
configure:2819: checking for bison
configure:2854: checking for gm4
configure:2889: checking for flex
configure:2924: checking for flex
configure:2959: checking for makeinfo
configure:3606: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ar
configure:3639: checking for ar
configure:3678: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-as
configure:3711: checking for as
configure:3750: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-dlltool
configure:3783: checking for dlltool
configure:3822: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ld
configure:3855: checking for ld
configure:3894: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-nm
configure:3927: checking for nm
configure:3966: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ranlib
configure:3999: checking for ranlib
configure:4038: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-windres
configure:4071: checking for windres
configure:4110: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-objcopy
configure:4143: checking for objcopy
configure:4182: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-objdump
configure:4215: checking for objdump
configure:4261: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ar
configure:4294: checking for ar
configure:4333: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-as
configure:4366: checking for as
configure:4405: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-dlltool
configure:4438: checking for dlltool
configure:4477: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ld
configure:4510: checking for ld
configure:4549: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-nm
configure:4582: checking for nm
configure:4621: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ranlib
configure:4654: checking for ranlib
configure:4693: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-windres
configure:4726: checking for windres
configure:4811: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles
configure:4858: checking if symbolic links between directories work

One other note, this is on a virtual dedicated server, running -jailshell-2.05b and I don't currently have root access.

Could the lack of trying to configure/make as root be the issue? Or soemthing else?

Any help appreciated.

/lib/cpp fails sanity check means that you don't have a C++ compiler. Have you installed the gcc-c++ or g++ RPM (depending on distro)?