"make" problem

[bubbabot]

why does the "make" command never work for me? i have a fresh install of RH6
could i be missing key libraries? i didnt do an "everything" install

[pbharris]

install the development tools, to see if it is installed already type which make

[configure]

Did you do ./configure? If so, did it create a Makefile for you?

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[bubbabot]

thanks, i will find and install all the dev i can http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

no, ./configure doesnt work either :P plus, in the few programs i have tried to install (that werent rpm's) there has always been s "makefile" ready made. i am also careful to have the terminal running in the directory i am attempting to install from also.

[bubbabot]

WOW! i just did the "which make" thing.....here is the reply.......no make in (/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin)
i dont speak frech but i think that says "you're screwed"
thanks for the info, i am in the red hat disk now looking for and dev's

[bubbabot]

ok, we are getting somewhere. now, when i run ./configure all goes well til the last three lines which say

checking for gcc.....no
checking for cc.....no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH


what does that mean?

[Tigger]

That is the c compiler.

Check to see if you have installed either teh egcs package or gcc. Either one of these should work. Once you install the appropriate package, it will work.

[bubbabot]

yup, that was the problem. i installed the free experimental one on the redhat disk and everything is cool now. thanks for all the help, y'all