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Installing Ruby on Linux - Error
I'm new to Linux, so it may well be that I'm missing some trivial.
However, I have Ubuntu installed on my Laptop, and I downloaded the
Source for Ruby (ruby-1.8.5-p12), copied it across to my laptop (My
laptop does NOT have internet access, so I can't just apt-get,
unfortunately), and tried the following:
/configure
It starts working, then right after "checking for C compiler default
ouput file name...", I get this:
"configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables"
Can anyone help me out with this one?
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Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Try:
echo "int main(){return 0;}" > test.c
gcc test.c
If it fails, gcc probably doesn't have correct permissions or isn't
installed right.
Either way, you'll probably get a more specific error message.
If it works, ./configure is lying.
Perhaps sudo first?
sudo ./configure
Aur Saraf
PLUG: All newbies, have a look at the adopt-a-newbie thread, it might
benefit you
On 2/18/07, Centipeed <centip@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm new to Linux, so it may well be that I'm missing some trivial. > However, I have Ubuntu installed on my Laptop, and I downloaded the
> Source for Ruby (ruby-1.8.5-p12), copied it across to my laptop (My
> laptop does NOT have internet access, so I can't just apt-get,
> unfortunately), and tried the following:
> ./configure
> It starts working, then right after "checking for C compiler default
> ouput file name...", I get this:
> "configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables"
> Can anyone help me out with this one?
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Centipeed wrote: > I'm new to Linux, so it may well be that I'm missing some trivial. > However, I have Ubuntu installed on my Laptop, and I downloaded the
> Source for Ruby (ruby-1.8.5-p12), copied it across to my laptop (My
> laptop does NOT have internet access, so I can't just apt-get,
> unfortunately), and tried the following:
> ./configure
> It starts working, then right after "checking for C compiler default
> ouput file name...", I get this:
> "configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables"
> Can anyone help me out with this one?
the GCC compiler, autoconf and friends, and the GNU binutils. Probably
there's a package with everything you need, possibly called "developer
tools" or something similar.
On 2/18/07, Timothy Hunter <TimHun@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Centipeed wrote: > > I'm new to Linux, so it may well be that I'm missing some trivial. > > However, I have Ubuntu installed on my Laptop, and I downloaded the
> > Source for Ruby (ruby-1.8.5-p12), copied it across to my laptop (My
> > laptop does NOT have internet access, so I can't just apt-get,
> > unfortunately), and tried the following:
> > ./configure
> > It starts working, then right after "checking for C compiler default
> > ouput file name...", I get this:
> > "configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables"
> > Can anyone help me out with this one?
> I think Ubuntu doesn't install any developer tools by default. You need
> the GCC compiler, autoconf and friends, and the GNU binutils. Probably
> there's a package with everything you need, possibly called "developer
> tools" or something similar.
Timothy Hunter wrote: > Centipeed wrote: >> I'm new to Linux, so it may well be that I'm missing some trivial. >> However, I have Ubuntu installed on my Laptop, and I downloaded the
>> Source for Ruby (ruby-1.8.5-p12), copied it across to my laptop (My
>> laptop does NOT have internet access, so I can't just apt-get,
>> unfortunately), and tried the following:
>> ./configure
>> It starts working, then right after "checking for C compiler default
>> ouput file name...", I get this:
>> "configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables"
>> Can anyone help me out with this one?
> I think Ubuntu doesn't install any developer tools by default. You
> need the GCC compiler, autoconf and friends, and the GNU binutils.
> Probably there's a package with everything you need, possibly called
> "developer tools" or something similar.
$ gcc --version
will return the version of the C compiler. I had something similar
happen on one of my machines last week, and I *do* have GCC installed.
It turned out my CFLAGS environment variable was messed up, so if you do
have GCC, check "CFLAGS" for sanity. What configure does is simply
attempt to compile something -- if it gets an error, you get that
message. :)
--
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/
If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits fire.
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:04:42 +0900, Timothy Hunter wrote: > Centipeed wrote: >> I'm new to Linux, so it may well be that I'm missing some trivial. >> However, I have Ubuntu installed on my Laptop, and I downloaded the
>> Source for Ruby (ruby-1.8.5-p12), copied it across to my laptop (My
>> laptop does NOT have internet access, so I can't just apt-get,
>> unfortunately), and tried the following:
>> ./configure
>> It starts working, then right after "checking for C compiler default
>> ouput file name...", I get this:
>> "configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables"
>> Can anyone help me out with this one?
> I think Ubuntu doesn't install any developer tools by default. You need
> the GCC compiler, autoconf and friends, and the GNU binutils. Probably
> there's a package with everything you need, possibly called "developer
> tools" or something similar.
GCC, G++, linkers, make, and the basic header files which belong in /usr/
include.
If you just have GCC installed, but not a linker, then your C compiler
cannot create executables and you'll get that error.
--Ken
--
Ken Bloom. PhD candidate. Linguistic Cognition Laboratory.
Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology.
http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/
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