On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Dale Schumacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just done a clean install of Ubuntu 7.10 and am trying to follow the > instructions from the Toolchain wiki page. When I try the command: > > sudo apt-get install gcc g++ autoconf automake binutils libtools ... > > I get this error message: > > Package autoconf is not available, but is referred to by another package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > E: Pacakge autoconf has no installation candidate > > Since this is a fresh install, I expect I may not have the right setup to > install all the developer goodies. Can someone suggest a clean way to > resolve this issue? I would be happy to update the wiki page with better > instructions once my issue is resolved.
Try this instead: sudo apt-get install build-essential or was it sudo apt-get install build-essentials You should not need to install gcc, make, etc manually. build-essential should do it for you -- Please don't send me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Join the FSF as an Associate Member at: <URL:http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=5774> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community