GCC installation

[triplenine]

when attempting to ./configure the new ver of GCC I get the following error. I am not sure if I don't have a compiler (I would imagine one has to be installed?) or if the env var isn't properly set.

./configure: cc: command not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

[r0nster]

Originally posted by triplenine:
<STRONG>when attempting to ./configure the new ver of GCC I get the following error. I am not sure if I don't have a compiler (I would imagine one has to be installed?) or if the env var isn't properly set.

./configure: cc: command not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.</STRONG>
More than likely you don't have a compiler installed. At your prompt, do a gcc --version and see if the version number comes up. If an error appears, you probably don't have it installed. You probably need things like "make" and "autoconf" installed as well.

[thedexman]

As previously posted, probably you either don't have another compiler installed, or you need a link from cc to to your current compiler (ie. ln -s /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc).

[triplenine]

I don't seem to have the compiler installed. What is a good one? Any names I can search for?

[r0nster]

Originally posted by triplenine:
<STRONG>I don't seem to have the compiler installed. What is a good one? Any names I can search for?</STRONG>
install either gcc or egcs, available on your installation CD-ROM. As a safe bet, install all of the "development" packages.