GCC issue: C compiler cannot create executables

[Nils Kassube]

Rashid Aslam wrote:
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
> cannot create executables.

You don't have gcc installed. Use the command

sudo apt-get install build-essential

in a terminal. That will install gcc and several other tools needed for 
most compilation. Furthermore you may need to install other development 
packages (package names ending with -dev). That depends on the 
requirements of the program you want to compile.


Nils