M Thompson wrote: > > After uncompressing a tar file, I then proceeded to read the intall file. > The install file said to run ./configure, then make, and then make install. > > While trying to run ./configure, I got the following messages: > ~ > checking for working aclocal...missing > checking...missing > checking...missing > checking ...missing > ~ > checking for gcc...no > checking for cc...no > configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $path > > What does this mean? > > How do I fix it so that I can install this program (btw - I already looked > for an RPM packaged version of the application and had no success) > > Thanks very much, > Matt > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com You didn't install ANY compilers or languages. heh. I made the mistake a long time ago myself. I thought, hmm, I'm not a programmer, why should I install g++ or any of that stuff. Boy, was I wrong. Since then, I install EVERY programming language and library that comes with RH or Mandrake. Simply put, you don't have the compilers installed to "make" the executable. RPM's are COMPLILED files. You can install these without the programming stuff. When you dload something like beavis.tar.gz its a SOURCE file, that needs to be made into an executable program. Live and learn. I did the same thing. Alan -- =============================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Coming to you with Linux-Mandrake 6.0
