Well ... the error messages say that you don't have a working C++ compiler,
and this app needs one to compile. The standard C++ compiler for Linux is
egcs, and it installs as g++ . The older gcc compiler is supposed to compile
C++ as well, but it doesn't work reliably, and that is probably what the
configure file is detecting.
To fix your problem install egcs. Since I've never used SuSE, I can't tell
you specifically how to add it in; perhaps a SuSE user can.
As to why Windowmaker works ... is it a C or a C++ app? These messages only
indicate problems with C++ apps.
At 12:22 PM 9/3/99 +0100, Terry Churchill wrote [in part]:
>I thought I'd give a Suse a go, so I removed my slackware partitions and
>installed it.
>
>Now when I try to compile AsNews I get this:
....
>checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works... no
>configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler
>cannot create executables.
>
>I managed to compile Windowmaker fine, so I don't understand this.
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