Ahhh. Thanks Matt. I've forwarded this to my home account, and I'll check tonight. I suppose I should have realised it would need a different compile, but I blame my ignorance on only spending a couple of lectures on programming.... with ADA...yuck!
Rob T > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 17 June 2003 9:04 AM > To: Robert Tillsley; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: [SLUG] courier > > > GCC is only a C Compiler. What you need to compile C++ is > g++, the GNU C++ > compiler. Most distributions package this separately to GCC. > You can see whether or not you have a C++ compiler installed > by entering (I > think ... It's been a while) `c++ --version' at the command line. > > HTH, > > Matt > > At 08:50 17/06/2003, Robert Tillsley wrote: > >Hi Guys > > > >I downloaded and tried to install courier 0.42.2 from source > on my Suse 8.1 > >system. > >I discovered I didn't have a compiler, so installed gcc 3.2 > from CD(using > >the suse setup software). > > > >I had unzipped as root, so it had to delete what I'd > unzipped, logged in as > >a standard user, battled with file permissions and then untarred. > > > >When I run ./configure it goes for a long time and then has > the following > >errors: > > > >Checking for c++ compiler default output > >configure: error: C++ compliter cannot create executables. > > > >configure: error: c++ : /bin/sh: /configure failed for module.local > >configure: error: c++ : /bin/sh: /configure failed for courier > > > >I was wondering if people could suggest what I should be > looking to fix. Is > >it a problem with gcc or with courier. I'm thinking with gcc > as I didn't > >choose anything special with the ./configure. Perhaps I > might try installing > >something else and see if similar problems arise. > > > >Regards > > > >Rob T > > > >************************************************************* > >This mail, including any attached files may contain > >confidential and privileged information for the sole > >use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, > >distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. > >If you are not the intended receipient (or authorised to > >receive information for the recipient), please contact > >the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of > >this message. > >************************************************************* > >-- > >SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > >More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > ************************************************************* This mail, including any attached files may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended receipient (or authorised to receive information for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. ************************************************************* -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
