c compiler

[robsie]

in a terminal i enter the ./configure command and i get this error

error: C compiler cannot create executables

i tried to install the "build essential" package and i get this

W: Failed to fetch http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_2.6.24-19.36_i386.deb
404 Not Found

any ideas ? thanks

[modmadmike]

try this link http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_2.6.27-2.3_i386.deb
oh and try "apt-get install build-essential" from the terminal.

[robsie]

ive done that and it allowed me to install the build essential package but now i get a different error message :(

configure: error: No curses header-files found

[modmadmike]

Search synaptic for linux-headers and install the one for generic kernal (or whatever kernel your using)

[modmadmike]

wait nvm do you have libncurses5
to install it do a "sudo apt-get install libncurses5"

[snova]

libncurses5 isn't what you want, you need libncurses5-dev more than likely. It might be named something else, but look for the -dev suffix anyway.

Of course, you'll end up installing libncurses5 anyway...

The aforementioned package, by the way, only contains the libraries. The headers are in the package ending in -dev.