Where is the C Compiler?

[baza]

alastair lewis wrote:

>Similar issue to above.
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>I failed to ./configure as the gcc complier was not found.
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>I then used th eSynaptic Package Manager to get both GCC and g++, and
>they are there in /user/bin
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>/user/bin is also listed if I  ls $PATH
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>But ./configure still fails for the same reason.
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>Help please. 
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>I'm a total newcomer to linux,
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This will sort you out :)
http://ubuntuguide.org/temp/#build-essential

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