Packages needed for configuring software

[satimis]

Hi folks,


Debian Etch - base installation, running as domU (guest) on a Xen box


I'm installing BIND on its tarball and encountering following problem.


# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/bind

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for ar... /usr/bin/ar
checking for etags... no
checking for emacs-etags... no
checking for perl5... no
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
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.

# cat /usr/local/src/bind-9.5.0/config.log

  $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/bind
[....]
/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X     = unknown

/bin/arch              = i686
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo      = unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
[....]

$ apt-file search /bin/etags | grep etags

emacs21-bin-common: usr/bin/etags.emacs21
xemacs21-bin: usr/bin/etags.xemacs21

Which package shall I install ?


$ apt-file search /bin/etags | grep emacs-etags
No printout

What package shall I install ?


$ apt-file search /bin/perl5 | grep perl5

perl-base: usr/bin/perl5.8.8

To install perl-base ?


$ apt-file search /bin/gcc | grep gcc

ccontrol: usr/bin/gccontrol
gcc: usr/bin/gcc
gcc: usr/bin/gccbug
gcc-2.95: usr/bin/gcc-2.95
gcc-3.3: usr/bin/gcc-3.3
gcc-3.3: usr/bin/gccbug-3.3
gcc-3.4: usr/bin/gcc-3.4
gcc-3.4: usr/bin/gccbug-3.4
gcc-4.1: usr/bin/gcc-4.1
gcc-4.1: usr/bin/gccbug-4.1
gcc272: usr/bin/gcc272
gccxml: usr/bin/gccxml
gccxml: usr/bin/gccxml_cc1plus
icecc: usr/lib/icecc/bin/gcc
pentium-builder: usr/bin/gcc
xutils-dev: usr/bin/gccmakedep

To install gcc-4.1 ?


$ apt-file search /bin/cl.exe | grep cl.exe
No printout

What package shall I install ?


$ apt-file search /bin/cc | grep cc

ccache: usr/bin/ccache
ccal: usr/bin/ccal
cccc: usr/bin/cccc
cccd: usr/bin/cccd
ccmalloc: usr/bin/ccmalloc
ccontrol: usr/bin/ccontrol
ccontrol: usr/bin/ccontrol-init
ccrypt: usr/bin/ccat
ccrypt: usr/bin/ccdecrypt
ccrypt: usr/bin/ccencrypt
ccrypt: usr/bin/ccrypt
ccs: sbin/ccs_test
ccs: sbin/ccs_tool
ccs: sbin/ccsd
ccze: usr/bin/ccze
ccze: usr/bin/ccze-cssdump
cfs: usr/bin/ccat
cmake: usr/bin/ccmake
graphviz: usr/bin/ccomps
heartbeat-2: usr/sbin/ccm_tool
hercules: usr/bin/cckd2ckd
hercules: usr/bin/cckdcdsk
hercules: usr/bin/cckdcomp
hercules: usr/bin/cckddiag
hercules: usr/bin/cckdswap
icecc: usr/lib/icecc/bin/cc
libccscript2-0.6-3: usr/bin/ccscript
libcommoncpp2-dev: usr/bin/ccgnu2-config
libpam-ccreds: usr/sbin/cc_dump
libpam-ccreds: usr/sbin/cc_test
liwc: usr/bin/ccmtcnvt
psi3: usr/bin/ccdensity
psi3: usr/bin/ccenergy
psi3: usr/bin/cceom
psi3: usr/bin/cceom-d
psi3: usr/bin/cchbar
psi3: usr/bin/cclambda
psi3: usr/bin/ccresponse
psi3: usr/bin/ccsort
psi3: usr/bin/cctriples
shishi: usr/bin/ccache2shishi
shishi-dbg: usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/ccache2shishi
wims: var/lib/wims/bin/ccsum
xutils-dev: usr/bin/ccmakedep

Which of the above package shall I install ?


Which C compiler shall I install? Any other additional packages ?

Please help. TIA


B.R.
satimis

[hexcode]

you must install any c compiles before trying to build any package from source in this case gcc .
the above error is due to non availability of gcc install it

[jledhead]

or g++, it looks like you already have gcc and it didn'y work