Hi, I installed Slackware 9.1, with gcc compiler. However, this is the result of ./configure to configure cyrus-sasl:

$ ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i586-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.


It says the C compiler is not working. Any idea why? and how to make it working? (I though it's suppose to be working when you install gcc out of the box?)

Thanks

Just out of curiosity... did you use the search?



Cheers,
Tink

I doubt it's the answer, but check your permissions. The fact that it says that gcc can't create executables might mean (for reasons beyond me) that, as the current user, you can't give files executable permissions.


Does gcc work when just compiling a normal .c program without autoconf?

I run it using root, so i don't think it's the access. I havent tried compiling a c source code, yet. Gonna do it now.