Compiling software

[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

su -
yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'

[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.

[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.