From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Pittman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can't build emacs! Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:54:38 +1000 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87654u9o1t.fsf@enki.rimspace.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1099022570 6731 80.91.229.6 (29 Oct 2004 04:02:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 04:02:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 29 06:02:41 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CNNyL-00016X-00 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:02:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CNO6A-0004Gd-Rc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:10:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CNO62-0004GY-Sq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:10:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CNO62-0004GI-7y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:10:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CNO62-0004G8-5K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:10:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CNNxp-0001g4-B2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:02:09 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CNNxn-0006Lo-00 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:02:07 +0200 Original-Received: from 61.29.7.110 ([61.29.7.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:02:07 +0200 Original-Received: from daniel by 61.29.7.110 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:02:07 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.29.7.110 User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nWMk1ywkXyowLLhU9eZ4g3U+L7w= 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: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:21568 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:21568 On 29 Oct 2004, JS wrote: > I have just installed ubuntu Linux and extracted the latest emacs > version: 21.3 on my AMD Barton 2500 XP machine. > > I get the following errormessage when I try to run > "configure": > > johs@ubuntu:~/emacs-21.3 $ ./configure > loading cache ./config.cache > checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu > checking for gcc... no > checking for cc... no > configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH > johs@ubuntu:~/emacs-21.3 $ > > What is the solution for this problem? Install a C compiler. It should be named something intuitive like 'gcc.' Regards, Daniel -- Trust the art, not the artist. -- Bruce Springsteen