ktrboston

Hi all, having a problem compiling software. I am trying to compile software prerequesits for gcc but how can I do this if I don't have compiling software. Every time I try to load these software I get a compiling error. See below! Also, doesn't Red Hat software come with compiling software?

List of errors.
Exp 1
configure: error: could not find a working compiler
Exp 2
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
Exp 3
ERROR: Cannot find suitable C compiler! If you do have
one, you may have to adjust your PATH environment
variable. Otherwise you can set the CC variable to the
full compiler path.

reed9

Everything you need is in the repositories. You should almost always use your package manager to install software over compiling from source.

For RHEL5 install with

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jmadero

what are you trying to compile? new users should very rarely have to compile from source.....even advanced users rarely do unless they are using a distro like Gentoo...much easier to go through the package manager.

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ktrboston

Still have problems. Everytime I try to configure stuff I get the same error, and I do have Gcc installed.
[root@einstein gcc-4.4.1]# gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-11)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

I tried using that command you posted but this is what I got.
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:

No module named yum

Please install a package which provides this module, or
verify that the module is installed correctly.

It's possible that the above module doesn't match the
current version of Python, which is:
2.3.4 (#1, Feb 18 2008, 17:17:04)
[GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)

Not sure what I am doing??????????? have Linux overload.
My original issue was trying to load a DPIO2 driver. I followed there process but when I did a make file I would get an error. See below:
make ensure_dir DIR=/root/Desktop/dpio2-drv-src-x86-linux/src/x86-linux-2.6.x/kernel/../../../lib/x86-linux-2.6.x;
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/dpio2-drv-src-x86-linux/src/x86-linux-2.6.x/kernel'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/dpio2-drv-src-x86-linux/src/x86-linux-2.6.x/kernel'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-89.0.11.EL/build M=/root/Desktop/dpio2-drv-src-x86-linux/src/x86-linux-2.6.x/kernel modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/lib/modules/2.6.9-89.0.11.EL/build'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.6.9-89.0.11.EL/build'
make: *** [build] Error 2
Some told me I need gcc or compliling software to do this but I am on RH4 and it should be installed.