Thanks Steve, Yes the flame about what user I was logged in as went on and on and on to the point where I just skipped over the messages in the end.
What I learnt from that was that root has access to everything (which I already knew) and using it is a good idea if you don't want security rights getting in your way! I also learnt that keeping a box you've built using root behind a firewall and watching if it does anything nasty is a good idea. <rant> As far as all this linux box hacking goes, I say bring it on community if you want to help MS win!!! That is the fastest way I can see of helping MS win the open source war and getting us all back on track to a 100% MS world! </rant> Some days I just wonder. Cheers Don > -----Original Message----- > From: steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ./configure - what am I missing? > > > 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? > > > >How do I install that without installing thousands of other > bits of crap? > > > >What would I be installing? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Don, > > To attempt to answer your question, rather than pick at who you're > logged in as... > > you need to rpm -i a few packages. They are on your install cds, but > which one... (: > > From fedora, I have... > rpm -aq | egrep 'gcc|auto' ( and then delete the irrelevant ones :) > > compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.118 > libgcc-3.3.2-1 > gcc32-3.2.3-6 > gcc-3.3.2-1 > gcc-objc-3.3.2-1 > gcc-gnat-3.3.2-1 > gcc-java-3.3.2-1 > compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.118 > compat-gcc-objc-7.3-2.96.118 > gcc-c++-3.3.2-1 > compat-gcc-g77-7.3-2.96.118 > compat-gcc-java-7.3-2.96.118 > automake15-1.5-9 > autorun-3.11-1 > autoconf213-2.13-6 > automake-1.7.8-1 > automake16-1.6.3-1 > > You'll find them in the /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS directory on > each of the > install CD's. If you stuff CD 1 in, then autorun *should* lead you > through it all in a pretty easy to follow manner, with the offer to > install the 'Develoipment Tools' package. > > hth, > > Steve >
