Where is the location of the C compiler in the SuSe Linux 11.4 server?

[HossCartwright]

Does anyone know where the C compiler is in the SuSe Linux 11.4 server? I tried compiling something I recently downloaded and got the following error:

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

Thanks.

[Irithori]

Usually in /usr/bin.

So either your $PATH is wrong/empty, or (more likely) you dont have a compiler installed.
Search for and install gcc

[HossCartwright]

Man, you are a lightening fast responder! What command do I use to search for it? Sorry, I am very new to this. Do you mean search for it on my computer, or search for it on the web? When I type $PATH, I see various paths.

Thanks for the help.

[Irithori]

I believe, suse uses yast to manage rpm packages.
Launch yast and search for gcc, then install gcc.
After that, you should have a /usr/bin/gcc

[hans51]

ls -la /usr/bin/gcc
shows if there where it belongs, else install as said by Irithori

instead of yast you also could use zypper but to get dependencies done, yast is somehow easier unless you only need a single package without dependency to be resolved, then you could use

zypper in gcc

whereis gcc
would show you where it is for any other executable you search on suse

as a general rule - since you write "SuSe Linux 11.4 server?"
I recommend to have offline on your local machine the same install as on your servers, hence any such problem you can solve locally first then apply on server. that's my own policy since more than a decade