compiling on Linux

[scoutt]

I was trying to install a program that I had to compile before I installed but when I did the make install or ./configure it came back with an error saying that "cc was not found in $path"

what the hell is that? I'm sure somebody here can point me in the right direction or tell me how to do it or tell me if I have a compiler on the system or how to check for it.

Mandrake has a software manager on it (show installed and not installed programs) and I couldn't find anything there about a compiler.

somebody HELP!!!!

[filburt1]

Are you using gcc to do the compiling? Also try the C++ forum.

[scoutt]

couldn't tell ya what I am using. I can't find anything on it. last time I installed redhat 7.0 it had a program that you wrote in and compiled in, but I can't find that one either.

[filburt1]

Compiling on a fresh Linux system is a b****. You have to set up a whole bunch of crap first, and even then it is tricky.

[scoutt]

that was the problem I had last time, but i figured it out. with Mandrake I can't even find anything that resembles or has anything to do with compiling.

[denniswrenn]

What did you do to compile it?

IIRC you have to open the shell prompt then type:

# make
# make install


And if it requires configuration you must do something like this before 'make'ing it(this is for installing PHP4 as an Apache module)

# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-mysql --with-apache=../apache_1.3.19 --enable-track-vars --enable-debugger --enable-magic-quotes

[scoutt]

Originally posted by denniswrenn
What did you do to compile it?

IIRC you have to open the shell prompt then type:

# make
# make install


And if it requires configuration you must do something like this before 'make'ing it(this is for installing PHP4 as an Apache module)

# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-mysql --with-apache=../apache_1.3.19 --enable-track-vars --enable-debugger --enable-magic-quotes

exactly, I tried all those ways. I was trying to install another ICq client and I had to compile it first. when I tried the make and all the rest it comes back with that error. "cc not found in $path"

so it doesn't matter what make I used. or sh.

[HarryW]

When you do ./configure you get a Mekefile.pre.in don't you? You may have to edit that so the variable CC is /usr/bin/gcc

Just a guess really, I never had any problems like this with compiling. If you don't have gcc, I'd be very surprised. If not, install it.

[scoutt]

well you were right Harry

gcc was not installed, once I installed it and it compiled, well almost. I had some other errors but I will get to them later.


thanks Harry

[HarryW]

Cool

[CiberTHuG]

Pros:
since we have the source, we can compile this program for a wide varaity of platforms.
we can also optimize this build for our platform.

Cons:
the whole dependency thing doesn't have a nice UI and is a real pain in the ass. If compiler is not installed, it is a pain.

This is my complaint with Linux at the moment. We need better UI.

[scoutt]

Originally posted by CiberTHuG
Pros:
since we have the source, we can compile this program for a wide varaity of platforms.
we can also optimize this build for our platform.

Cons:
the whole dependency thing doesn't have a nice UI and is a real pain in the ass. If compiler is not installed, it is a pain.

This is my complaint with Linux at the moment. We need better UI.

you can say that again

[HarryW]

Got to agree with that. Having said that there are some really cool tools around. dselect on Debian (I thin that's a Debian thing) is really handy once you realise how it's meant to be used. I don't think I've ever used an easier install program, aside from figuring out the interface.

[scoutt]

well I tried to install the Kicq and the icqlib and neither on ewill do it. I get an (install is recursive) error 1 on the icqlib and can't find X include error 111 (I think) on the Kicq. neither one will make an install or ./configure

[HarryW]

Maybe the labels in your makefile are cyclic, that would explain the recursive thing.

Sounds pretty obscure to me (I'm no *nix expert) so I don't really know.