Malcolm, do you have write permission in the directory you are building in? It is recommended not to build as root, but you do need write permissions. Perhaps that is what went wrong.
John On 4 November 2014 11:30, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have downloaded Sage 6.3 source and tried to make. It barfs with the > message > > configure: error: in `/usr/local/CA/sage-6.3': > configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables > > I am running Scientific Linux 6x with gcc 4.4.7. What do I need to do to get > sage to work? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
