Sounds like you're missing a C++ compiler. Have you tried installing gcc-c++ via yum?
Some other ideas to get CouchDB running on CentOS 6: * The EPEL repository has CouchDB 1.0.2 ready-to-go in its repository: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL * build-couchdb: https://github.com/iriscouch/build-couchdb Nils. ________________________________________ Van: Kwasi Gyasi - Agyei [[email protected]] Verzonden: vrijdag 11 november 2011 19:53 Aan: [email protected] Onderwerp: Installing CouchDB on CentOS 6/32Bit Hi All, I'm trying to build CouchDB on Centos 6, I have installed most of the dependencies using yum install, listed below: $ yum install gcc libtool xulrunner-devel libicu-devel openssl-devel icu automake autoconf automake213 Below I'm going to detail the dependencies installed, as a way to also possible produce steps for someone who may possible come across the issue encountered along with resolutions Building SpiderMonkey (js-1.8.5) Source URL : http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/js/js185-1.0.0.tar.gz ------------------------------ + Steps $ wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/js/js185-1.0.0.tar.gz //instructions from https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions/Linux_Prerequisites, I left out mercurial, believe it is used for source checkout $ yum install mercurial autoconf213 glibc-static libstdc++-static yasm wireless-tools-devel mesa-libGL-devel alsa-lib-devel libXt-devel$ cd js-1.8.5/src/js $ autoconf-2.13 $ ./configure + Problem/Error: configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables. + Resolution: -- Multimedia and Communication | Property | Entertainment Kwasi Owusu Gyasi - Agyei *cell* (+27) (0) 76 466 4488 *website *www.4things.co.za *email *[email protected] *skype *kwasi.gyasiagyei *role* Developer.Designer.Software Architect ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VPRO www.vpro.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------
