On Wednesday 19 May 2004 16:07, Don Gould wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] poptop]# ./configure
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for working aclocal... missing
> checking for working autoconf... missing
> checking for working automake... missing
> checking for working autoheader... missing
> checking for working makeinfo... missing
> checking for gcc... no
> checking for cc... no
> configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
>
> I'm guessing I'm missing the compiler?
Yes.
> How do I install that without installing thousands of other bits of crap?
You can't. You have to install all the "thousands of other bits of crap".
> What would I be installing?
The C and C++ compilers, the assembler, the linking loader, together with
"thousands of other bits of crap" like all the include files, the shared
object libraries, and the things marked as missing above etc. etc.
Essentially you have to set up a C development environment.
--
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell
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