Re: Compiling fails..missing something?

[Designer Seven <designer_7 yahoo com>]

is gcc in your path? try compiling something simple
with gcc... and see if it runs.

D.

--- Mark Holloway <mholloway@flashmail.com> wrote:
> This is the ultimate newbie question so don't laugh
> too hard.. (hey, that's
> what the list is for, right?)
> 
> I installed Red Hat 6.0 from CD, applied some
> updated RPMs, and everything
> works fine except one thing.. [btw, this applies to
> Alpha and x86, so I know
> I'm overlooking something]
> 
> When I download and installed RPMs everything is
> great.  When I download and
> compile programs they always fail.  In FreeBSD or
> Solaris I would typically
> download the source -> tar zxvf whatever.tar.gz ->
> ./configure -> make ->
> make install -> make clean [you get the idea].
> 
> Only on Red Hat do I get:
> 
> ./configure
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking whether build environment is sane..yes
> checking whether make sets $<MAKE>..no
> checking for working aclocal..missing
> checking for working autoconf..missing
> checking for working automake..missing
> checking for working autoheader..missing
> checking for working autoinfo..missing
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C (gcc) compiler works..no
> 
> ....error. C compiler cannot create executables.
> 
> 
> What the heck am I overlooking?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
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