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cnttuchme
May 17th, 2008, 06:27 AM
i am really new at ubuntu, but when i try to use" ./configure" in my terminal i get this.:(


checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.


i dont know if there is already a topic about this if so please direct me there.

iaculallad
May 17th, 2008, 06:33 AM
Are you trying to compile something with GCC?
Try this one:


sudo apt-get install build-essential

then try your ./configure again.

cnttuchme
May 17th, 2008, 06:39 AM
im doing that now i will see how it goes when i try again thanks for the reply

ok well i did that it worked now i need to figure out how to make the program run lol thanks for all your help

cnttuchme
May 17th, 2008, 06:44 AM
Before you can run 'make' you must run
the system configuration script, type:

./configure

great lol on to a new challange

iaculallad
May 17th, 2008, 06:44 AM
Im glad it helped. Goodluck with your compiling.