You need to install the build-essentials package and the gfortran package.

On Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:23:06 AM UTC+8, Eric Kangas wrote:
>
> Actually I tried compiling it again and this time the error was this:
>
> checking for m4... no
> configure: Sorry, the 'm4' command must be in the path to build Sage
> configure: On some systems it can be found in /usr/ccs/bin 
> configure: See also http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
> configure: error: Exiting, as the macro processor 'm4' can not be found.
>  ERROR: You do not have all of the prerequisites needed
>  to build Sage from source.  See the errors above.
> make[1]: *** [installed/prereq-0.9] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nooniensoong97/programs/sage-4.7.2/spkg'
>
> real    0m3.360s
> user    0m0.584s
> sys    0m0.276s
> Error building Sage.
> make: *** [build] Error 1
>
> I never had this problem before when I compiled the first time.
>
> On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 2:25:03 PM UTC-7, Eric Kangas wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I had to redo my computer. Was unable to access sage when I saved the 
>> sage folder on my external drive. I am having issues with finding the path 
>> to gfortran so I can use the export function. I am using ubuntu 10.10 and 
>> sage 4.7.2. I have installed gfortran. However I use the search for files 
>> option under places, but nothing shows up.
>>
>

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