From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pierre Lorenzon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: cannot install emacs on a laptop Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:26:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <20061029.192630.71117693.pollock.nageoire@wanadoo.fr> References: <002e01c6fb80$dee0fbf0$9bb0028d@christian> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162146438 22376 80.91.229.2 (29 Oct 2006 18:27:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:27:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 29 19:27:17 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GeFNJ-0002bC-Ar for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:27:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GeFNI-0006y1-Qd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:27:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GeFN3-0006uD-Bf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:26:57 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GeFN1-0006oQ-2N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:26:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GeFN0-0006nl-QK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:26:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.12.242.27] (helo=smtp-msa-out20.orange.fr) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GeFN0-00073H-MO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:26:54 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (APuteaux-154-1-94-49.w83-204.abo.wanadoo.fr [83.204.229.49]) by mwinf2008.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 2C9031C000AD; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:26:53 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20061029182653182.2C9031C000AD@mwinf2008.orange.fr Original-To: sdl.web@gmail.com In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Mew version 5.1 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38385 Archived-At: Hi From: Leo Subject: Re: cannot install emacs on a laptop Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:46:17 +0000 > On Sun, 29/10/06, Christian Pirschalawa wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I tried to install emacs on my laptop, but the configure script doesn't run > > proberly. It does not find gcc or cc and shows the error "No acceptable cc > > found in $PATH". I tried it under SUSE and ubuntu, it's the same. Yes but do you really need to compile emacs or can't you simply install an already compiled package ? > > > > I'm a Linux beginner, therefore I have no clue what this error message means. That's why I feel allowed to ask the question ! > > > > You need a c compiler. If you definitely want to recompile emacs but is it really what you want ? > > In SuSE, fire up yast and install `gcc' Or simply emacs ! > In ubuntu, apt-get install gcc Idem ! > Pierre