Need some help with GCC

Need some help with GCC

[Layne Meier]

I downloaded the precompiled GCC (version 2.95.2 and 2.95.3) from the 
sunfreeware.com website.  

Whenever I run a compile I get the following:

checking for gcc...  (cached) cc
checking wheter the C compiler (cc -O ) works...  no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler 
cannot create executables.

I could use some advice as I am under deadline for this server installation.

Hardware info:
Sun Ultra Enterprise 250
512 Mb RAM
Solaris 8 (patched)

Thank you,
Layne Meier
Atlanta Newspapers

Re: Need some help with GCC

[Jeff Sturm]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Layne Meier wrote:
> checking for gcc...  (cached) cc
> checking wheter the C compiler (cc -O ) works...  no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler 
> cannot create executables.

Make sure configure is really finding gcc and not the bogus compiler in
/usr/ucb/cc.  I suggest removing /usr/ucb from your PATH and/or removing
/usr/ucb/cc altogether; this has nothing to do with gcc itself.

Check any instructions that may have come with your gcc binary from
sunfreeware.com for the appropriate path to use (e.g. /usr/local/bin).
This mailing list (gcc@gcc.gnu.org) cannot provide support for binary
distributions.

Jeff

Re: Need some help with GCC

[Jeff Sturm]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Layne Meier wrote:
> checking for gcc...  (cached) cc
> checking wheter the C compiler (cc -O ) works...  no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler 
> cannot create executables.

Make sure configure is really finding gcc and not the bogus compiler in
/usr/ucb/cc.  I suggest removing /usr/ucb from your PATH and/or removing
/usr/ucb/cc altogether; this has nothing to do with gcc itself.

Check any instructions that may have come with your gcc binary from
sunfreeware.com for the appropriate path to use (e.g. /usr/local/bin).
This mailing list (gcc@gcc.gnu.org) cannot provide support for binary
distributions.

Jeff

Re: Need some help with GCC

[Alan Lehotsky]

At 8:51 AM -0500 11/28/01, Layne Meier wrote:

>I downloaded the precompiled GCC (version 2.95.2 and 2.95.3) from the sunfreeware.com website. 
>Whenever I run a compile I get the following:
>
>checking for gcc...  (cached) cc
>checking wheter the C compiler (cc -O ) works...  no
>configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.


	Okay.  You're running a "configure", not a compile.  You can look in the config.log file (in the
	directory you are cd'ed into when running the configure script) to see the details of WHY cc -O
	doesn't work.

	In this case, it would appear that you don't have the location where gcc is installed (/usr/local/bin, for the
	prehuilt SunFreeware.com binaries I believe).

	I also believe that by defining the environment variable

		CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc

	prior to running configure that you can ALSO make this work....

>I could use some advice as I am under deadline for this server installation.


	BTW, you may need to download and install the binutils package as well - not sure if the 2.95.3 compiler
	assumes these are present or not - but you'll get grumpy error messages about certain .<directive>'s not being
	valid syntax when the output of gcc is assembled by the Sun as instead of by the GNU as that it's expecting!


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Re: Need some help with GCC

[Alan Lehotsky]

At 8:51 AM -0500 11/28/01, Layne Meier wrote:

>I downloaded the precompiled GCC (version 2.95.2 and 2.95.3) from the sunfreeware.com website. 
>Whenever I run a compile I get the following:
>
>checking for gcc...  (cached) cc
>checking wheter the C compiler (cc -O ) works...  no
>configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.


	Okay.  You're running a "configure", not a compile.  You can look in the config.log file (in the
	directory you are cd'ed into when running the configure script) to see the details of WHY cc -O
	doesn't work.

	In this case, it would appear that you don't have the location where gcc is installed (/usr/local/bin, for the
	prehuilt SunFreeware.com binaries I believe).

	I also believe that by defining the environment variable

		CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc

	prior to running configure that you can ALSO make this work....

>I could use some advice as I am under deadline for this server installation.


	BTW, you may need to download and install the binutils package as well - not sure if the 2.95.3 compiler
	assumes these are present or not - but you'll get grumpy error messages about certain .<directive>'s not being
	valid syntax when the output of gcc is assembled by the Sun as instead of by the GNU as that it's expecting!


-- Al
-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

		    Quality Software Management
		http://home.earthlink.net/~qsmgmt
			apl@alum.mit.edu
			(978)287-0435 Voice
			(978)808-6836 Cell
			(978)287-0436 Fax

	Software Process Improvement and Management Consulting
	     Language Design and Compiler Implementation

Need some help with GCC

[Layne Meier]

I downloaded the precompiled GCC (version 2.95.2 and 2.95.3) from the 
sunfreeware.com website.  

Whenever I run a compile I get the following:

checking for gcc...  (cached) cc
checking wheter the C compiler (cc -O ) works...  no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler 
cannot create executables.

I could use some advice as I am under deadline for this server installation.

Hardware info:
Sun Ultra Enterprise 250
512 Mb RAM
Solaris 8 (patched)

Thank you,
Layne Meier
Atlanta Newspapers