GCC issue: C compiler cannot create executables

[Rashid Aslam]

Thank you Nils for the tip. I will keep -dev packages in mind onwards.


On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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