C++ compiler cannot create executables.

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 28/10/05, Irantzu Bores Pascual <iborespascual at yahoo.es> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I've got the following error each time I try to instal
> a program. How can I fix it?
>
> This is what I obtain:
>
> root at ubuntu:/usr/mp3blaster-3.2.0# ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for a BSD compatible install...
> /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for working aclocal-1.4... missing
> checking for working autoconf... found
> checking for working automake-1.4... missing
> checking for working autoheader... found
> checking for working makeinfo... missing
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a
> cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for c++... no
> checking for g++... no
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc  ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration
> problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables.
>
> Thanks

Point 1: You need to install the development tools. Do "sudo apt-get
install build-essential" without the quotes.
Point 2: Why are you trying to install mp3blaster by compiling from
source? You didn't mention what version of Ubuntu you're using, but on
Breezy (5.10) the software is already available in Universe (you may
need to enable this by uncommenting it in /etc/apt/sources.list).

sudo apt-get install mp3blaster

-Eamonn