2008/9/27 Alex <combochallenge at yahoo.com>: > every program i have tried to install on this computer wants a c complier i > have not been able to get one to work sucessfully so far. this is an error i > get with gcc > > hecking build system type... i386-pc-solaris2.11 > checking host system type... i386-pc-solaris2.11 > checking target system type... i386-pc-solaris2.11 > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c > checking whether ln works... yes > checking whether ln -s works... yes > checking for gcc... no > checking for cc... no > checking for cc... no > checking for cl... no > configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH > See `config.log' for more details. >
Have you checked config.log? As Shampavman pointed out, this is not necessary it cannot find a C compiler. config.log will show you the exactly cause on why the compilation failed, for example, use a SunStudio compiler options (inherited from pkg-config of a library) with gcc. HTH, Henry
