compile errors again.....

[mace]

I've used this system to compile html2text earlier and that isn't what I needed.
So I thought I'd try lynx to read the html file. I've set the lynx,cfg and then started to compile it. It started ok and then I got the following error:

checking build system type... s390x-ibm-linux-gnu
checking host system type... s390x-ibm-linux-gnu
checking target system type... s390x-ibm-linux-gnu
Configuring for linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

I really need to get this to work.
thanks
Mace

[anomie]

Cool - you're running Linux on your IBM mainframe.

A couple questions:
1. Did you install the gcc rpm? Was it the official suse rpm for whatever version you're running?
2. Is there no html2text available?

[mace]

Yes, we are running Linux on a mainframe. whe I 1st watched the app work and someone asked about it and you tell them that it's NOT a pc but it's virtual and the switch they run is also virtual it still weirds them out and to be truthful I still think it's cool.
BUT to answer your questions.
1- yes it is off the install cd
2-no there isn't or I just don't know of one.
Let me tell you what I need and maybe you can help.
We are working on the java dst problem. The os has been taken care of but IBM provides a tool to update the java developmental tool. The IBM tool is
JTZU and all the doc is in html format. I have tried but ,more than likely, becasue of ignorance haven't been able to read the doc as it is in html format. I've downloaded several tools (html2text and detagger)to "translate' but neither have worked.

thanks
Mace

[anomie]

I've been through all the DST headaches myself here.

Do you have any facility you can use to just get the html documentation to your desktop? (i.e. Allow ssh from only your desktop, for example?)

If that's not a possibility, then:

I searched around for some html2text rpms for suse, but didn't find any for s390 architecture.

Also, a quick google came up with this:

http://www.geektimes.com/linux/troub...ecutables.html

One of the most aggravating errors I encountered while setting up a minimal Linux install was the C compiler cannot create executables from the configure command.

I solved this by installing the kernel-headers and glibc-devel packages with the Red Hat Package Manager, RPM.

A similar issue arises when attempting to install the GNU CCC (C Compiler Collection), GNU binutils are required to get anything done after installing GCC. I wish the installer would check for this; it checks for many other things.

(emphasis mine.)

You might want to try installing the additional rpms mentioned.

[mace]

anomie,
thanks for the info. I've looked into installing all dev libs but keep cracking my head against one requirenment which ISN'T on the install cd.
The req is mm version 1.3.0-120.1. It's for a 31 bit system and we are 64 bit
Also someone had me try w3m but the text was still unreadable.
thanks
Mace