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Hey, i'm trying to install GNU nano, but when I run ./configure i get a configure error... can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong or what I need to ...
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    Configure error

    Hey, i'm trying to install GNU nano, but when I run ./configure i get a configure error... can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong or what I need to do?

    checking build system type... i386-pc-solaris2.11
    checking host system type... i386-pc-solaris2.11
    checking target system type... i386-pc-solaris2.11
    checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
    checking whether build environment is sane... yes
    checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/gnu/bin/mkdir -p
    checking for gawk... no
    checking for mawk... no
    checking for nawk... nawk
    checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
    checking for gcc... no
    checking for cc... no
    checking for cl.exe... no
    configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
    See `config.log' for more details.

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    Hi and welcome to the forum.

    You need to install a c compiler because from the output you posted, it does not seem like there is a c compiler installed on your system (or it could be that the compiler is not in your path, so check that first).

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    alright, thanks

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