RE: GCC Install Problem

RE: GCC Install Problem

[Rupert Wood]

Kirk Lombardy/Todd Kokoszka wrote:

> > 
> > Make: line 1246: Syntax error. Stop.
> > 
> Does the command 'make' call gmake ?

To expand on that a little (read: do something with my beaten-to-it
reply :-) ), this doesn't look like an error produced by GNU make. It's
probably a good idea to use GNU make to build GCC; GNU make fixes some
VPATH and dependecy bugs in vendor makes (e.g. HP's) and has a slightly
extended syntax: I've lost track whether or not building with a non-GNU
make is currently supported but it's generally a good idea to use it
anyway. You can download it from any GNU mirror and it should build OK
with any C compiler; if you have trouble, try configuring it
'--disable-nls'. If you want to install it in parallel with your vendor
make, it's usual to configure it '--program-prefix=g', hence 'gmake' as
Todd suggests.

If you're already using GNU make (or if that doesn't fix it), it'd be
useful to know what system you're trying to install GCC on.

> > I run the make bootstrap command in the directory in which the
> > files were installed after running the configure command.  I am
> > assuming this is where I am suppose to run the make bootstrap
> > command at.

Yes, correct.

Rup.

Re: gcc install problem

[Tom Browder]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Jim Marshall
<jim.marshall@wbemsolutions.com> wrote:
...

I have seen a similar problem with an installed gcc and yet have
configure fail to get a good compile.  I can't believe a vanilla
Ubuntu distribution doesn't have gcc installed.

Try the command:

  gcc

and report what happens.

-Tom

Re: gcc install problem

[Jim Marshall]

sgtbob wrote:
> Im using Ubuntu 7.10 and trying to install PYTHON, but here is what I see on
> execution:
> 
> bob@XPS:~$ cd PYTHON
> bob@XPS:~/PYTHON$ dir
> Python-2.5.1  Python-2.5.1.tgz
> bob@XPS:~/PYTHON$ cd Python-2.5.1
> bob@XPS:~/PYTHON/Python-2.5.1$ dir
> config.log  configure.in  Doc      Include     Lib      Mac             
> Misc     Objects  PC       PCbuild8       Python  RISCOS    Tools
> configure   Demo          Grammar  install-sh  LICENSE  Makefile.pre.in 
> Modules  Parser   PCbuild  pyconfig.h.in  README  setup.py
> bob@XPS:~/PYTHON/Python-2.5.1$ ./configure
> checking MACHDEP... linux2
> checking EXTRAPLATDIR... 
> checking for --without-gcc... no
> 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.
> bob@XPS:~/PYTHON/Python-2.5.1$ 
> 
> So then I DL and tried to install the latest gcc-4.2.3with these results:
> 
> bob@XPS:~$ cd GCC
> bob@XPS:~/GCC$ dir
> gcc-4.2.3  gcc-4.2.3.tar.bz2
> bob@XPS:~/GCC$ cd gcc-4.2.3
> bob@XPS:~/GCC/gcc-4.2.3$ ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether ln works... yes
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot
> create executables.
> bob@XPS:~/GCC/gcc-4.2.3$ 
> 
> 
> Could someone show me where I'm going wrong? If I open synaptic package
> manager, it appears that GCC is install - more than one version - so why do
> I keep getting the above error messages? Help appreciated.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
You need to have a compiler installed to build the compiler (kind of a 
chicken and egg thing). I am sure Ubuntu has a package you can install 
that has the compiler pre-built for you (apt-get gcc  maybe??).

Re: gcc install problem

[Tim Prince]

sgtbob wrote:

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

> 
> Could someone show me where I'm going wrong? 

By not taking the advice?

gcc install problem

[sgtbob]

Im using Ubuntu 7.10 and trying to install PYTHON, but here is what I see on
execution:

bob@XPS:~$ cd PYTHON
bob@XPS:~/PYTHON$ dir
Python-2.5.1  Python-2.5.1.tgz
bob@XPS:~/PYTHON$ cd Python-2.5.1
bob@XPS:~/PYTHON/Python-2.5.1$ dir
config.log  configure.in  Doc      Include     Lib      Mac             
Misc     Objects  PC       PCbuild8       Python  RISCOS    Tools
configure   Demo          Grammar  install-sh  LICENSE  Makefile.pre.in 
Modules  Parser   PCbuild  pyconfig.h.in  README  setup.py
bob@XPS:~/PYTHON/Python-2.5.1$ ./configure
checking MACHDEP... linux2
checking EXTRAPLATDIR... 
checking for --without-gcc... no
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.
bob@XPS:~/PYTHON/Python-2.5.1$ 

So then I DL and tried to install the latest gcc-4.2.3with these results:

bob@XPS:~$ cd GCC
bob@XPS:~/GCC$ dir
gcc-4.2.3  gcc-4.2.3.tar.bz2
bob@XPS:~/GCC$ cd gcc-4.2.3
bob@XPS:~/GCC/gcc-4.2.3$ ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot
create executables.
bob@XPS:~/GCC/gcc-4.2.3$ 


Could someone show me where I'm going wrong? If I open synaptic package
manager, it appears that GCC is install - more than one version - so why do
I keep getting the above error messages? Help appreciated.

Bob



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Re: GCC Install Problem

[Todd Kokoszka]

> 
> Make: line 1246: Syntax error. Stop.
> 

Does the command 'make' call gmake ?

Todd

> I run the make bootstrap command in the directory in which the files
> were installed after running the configure command.  I am assuming this
> is where I am suppose to run the make bootstrap command at.
> 
> To explain further:  I downloaded the gcc-3.1.1.tar.gz file into the
> /tmp directory. I changed to the root account and  I then created a new
> directory called /tmp/gcc which was empty and ran the configure command
> from this directory.  The files were stored on into the /tmp/gcc
> directory.  In this directory, I ran the make bootstrap command.  At
> this point, I received the syntax error.  I don't see what I could have
> done to cause a syntax error.  Any clues?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kirk

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GCC Install Problem

[Kirk Lombardy]

Hi,

I downloaded and configured the GCC files to the T as listed in the
directions.  I reach the point where it says: make bootstrap and all I
get is STOPPED.  Here is the actual error I get when I type make
bootstrap:

Make: line 1246: Syntax error. Stop.

I run the make bootstrap command in the directory in which the files
were installed after running the configure command.  I am assuming this
is where I am suppose to run the make bootstrap command at.

To explain further:  I downloaded the gcc-3.1.1.tar.gz file into the
/tmp directory. I changed to the root account and  I then created a new
directory called /tmp/gcc which was empty and ran the configure command
from this directory.  The files were stored on into the /tmp/gcc
directory.  In this directory, I ran the make bootstrap command.  At
this point, I received the syntax error.  I don't see what I could have
done to cause a syntax error.  Any clues?

Thanks!

Kirk

Re: gcc install problem

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Oct 19, 2000, "Dan  Didier" <didierd@sunyit.edu> wrote:

> *** The command 'cc -o conftest -g   conftest.c' failed.
> *** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

> What can I do to overcome this problem?

You need a working compiler.  If you have one, set CC accordingly.  If
you don't, get a pre-compiled version.  There are links at gcc.gnu.org.

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gcc install problem

[Dan Didier]

I get this problem when trying to install GCC 2.95.2

[root@didier src]# ls
gcc-2.95.2  gcc-2.95.2.tar.gz  gcc-build  linux-2.2.17.tar.gz  redhat

[root@didier src]# cd gcc-build

[root@didier gcc-build]# ../gcc-2.95.2/configure --host=i586 --prefix=/usr \
> --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ \
> --enable-shared --enable-languages=c,c++

Created "Makefile" in /usr/src/gcc-build using "mh-frag" and "mt-frag"
../gcc-2.95.2/configure: cc: command not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g   conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

What can I do to overcome this problem?

Thanks