[SOLVED] ./configure problem (can't find c++ compiler)

[Griff]

I have the gcc c++ compiler package installed yet ./configure can't seem to find it. Also 'make distclean' doesn't seem to work. Any ideas what is going on? Here's the code:

./configure

checking for true... /bin/true
checking for false... /bin/false
configuring for bacula 2.2.8 (26 January 2008)
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
checking for g++... g++
configure: error: Unable to find C++ compiler

make distclean

make: *** No rule to make target `distclean'.  Stop.

[Vorian]

care to post your rules file?

[Griff]

care to post your rules file?

Sorry but where is this file and what is the exact name?

[shad0w_walker]

It doesn't look like you have any compiling tools installed. Easiest way to get around this is to install build essential.

Open up a terminal and run:

sudo aptitude install build-essential

That will install the needed bits and pieces for most compiling needs.

[Griff]

Alright I figured it out. I had an incorrect path specified for g++. g++ didn't exist because g++ couldn't be found. Thanks for the quick responses guys.

ps: and 'make distclean' didn't work because I hadn't got far enough running ./configure for anything to be made.