./configure: line 1: sed: command not found

[belbo]

when trying to compile other source files, i get and error saying sed is not found. i downloaded and expanded sed-4.1.5 to and ran ./configure in the directory with the expanded file. i get this error:

./configure: line 1: sed: command not found
./configure: line 1: sed: command not found
./configure: line 1: sed: command not found
./configure: line 2: sed: command not found
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... configure: error: ls -t appears to fail. Make sure there is not a broken
alias in your environment
configure: error: newly created file is older than distributed files!
Check your system clock
./configure: line 22: sed: command not found
./configure: line 64: sed: command not found

i really need to fix this, otherwise i can't compile anything. thanks.

[likwid]

./configure doesn't actually install anything, it configures the options for compiling the software. Besides, you should be installing sed via your distribution's package manager, not from source.

[CodeRoot]

What does this command yield?:

which sed

Can you post the first 2/22/64/75/100 lines of the configuration file?

[belbo]

which sed yeilds:

no sed in /opt/local/bin /opt/local/sbin /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/texbin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin

These a the first lines of the configuration file:

#! /bin/sh
# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for sed 4.1.5.
#
# Report bugs to <bonzini@gnu.org>.
#
# Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
# gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
## --------------------- ##
## M4sh Initialization.  ##
## --------------------- ##

# Be Bourne compatible
if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  emulate sh
  NULLCMD=:
  # Zsh 3.x and 4.x performs word splitting on ${1+"$@"}, which
  # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
  alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"'
elif test -n "${BASH_VERSION+set}" && (set -o posix) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  set -o posix
fi
DUALCASE=1; export DUALCASE # for MKS sh

# Support unset when possible.
if ( (MAIL=60; unset MAIL) || exit) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  as_unset=unset
else
  as_unset=false
fi


# Work around bugs in pre-3.0 UWIN ksh.
$as_unset ENV MAIL MAILPATH
PS1='$ '
PS2='> '
PS4='+ '

# NLS nuisances.
for as_var in \
  LANG LANGUAGE LC_ADDRESS LC_ALL LC_COLLATE LC_CTYPE LC_IDENTIFICATION \
  LC_MEASUREMENT LC_MESSAGES LC_MONETARY LC_NAME LC_NUMERIC LC_PAPER \
  LC_TELEPHONE LC_TIME
do
  if (set +x; test -z "`(eval $as_var=C; export $as_var) 2>&1`"); then
    eval $as_var=C; export $as_var
  else
    $as_unset $as_var
  fi
done

# Required to use basename.
if expr a : '\(a\)' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  as_basename=basename
else
  as_basename=false
fi


# Name of the executable.
as_me=`$as_basename "$0" ||
$as_expr X/"$0" : '.*/\([^/][^/]*\)/*$' \| \
         X"$0" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
         X"$0" : 'X\(/\)$' \| \
         .     : '\(.\)' 2>/dev/null ||
echo X/"$0" |
    sed '/^.*\/\([^/][^/]*\)\/*$/{ s//\1/; q; }
          /^X\/\(\/\/\)$/{ s//\1/; q; }
          /^X\/\(\/\).*/{ s//\1/; q; }
          s/.*/./; q'`

The error, however, is ./configure: line 1: sed: command not found

[CodeRoot]

Please execute the following and post the results:

/bin/ls -ldH /bin /bin/sed /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/sed

[belbo]

ls: /bin/sed: No such file or directory
drwxr-xr-x    40 root  wheel   1360 Mar 15 13:55 /bin
drwxr-xr-x    12 root  wheel    408 Apr 16 20:05 /usr
drwxr-xr-x   739 root  wheel  25126 Apr 19 17:46 /usr/bin
lrwxr-xr-x     1 root  wheel     29 Apr 16 21:00 /usr/bin/sed -> /Users/cabe/sed-4.1.5/sed/sed

[CodeRoot]

Please execute (as root) and post the results:

ls -ld `find /bin /lib /sbin /usr /users /Users -name sed`

(My opinion: '/usr/bin/sed -> /Users/cabe/sed-4.1.5/sed/sed' looks "highly irregular" and should probably be fixed...)

[belbo]

find: /lib: No such file or directory
drwxr-xr-x   11 cabe  cabe   374 Feb  3  2006 /Users/cabe/Sources/Open/sed-4.1.5/sed
drwxr-xr-x   11 cabe  cabe   374 Feb  3  2006 /users/cabe/Sources/Open/sed-4.1.5/sed
lrwxr-xr-x    1 root  wheel   29 Apr 16 21:00 /usr/bin/sed -> /Users/cabe/sed-4.1.5/sed/sed
belbo:~ cabe$

Sources/Open/

is where I have expanded files.

"(My opinion: '/usr/bin/sed -> /Users/cabe/sed-4.1.5/sed/sed' looks "highly irregular" and should probably be fixed...)"

How do I do this?

[CodeRoot]

It appears that you do not have a 'sed' executable , and your "expansion" of 'sed-4.1.5' looks like it is left wanting...

(No '/lib' directory seems a bit strange, also...)

I am guessing from the line 'checking for a BSD-compatible install...' in your first post that you have some flavor of BSD?

[belbo]

I have Darwin on a Intel Mac