[RESOLVED] Configure and MAKE problems

[alex2325]

I am trying to install "smoothdock" and it says that I have no compiler in $PATH.  I installed the gnu compiler and am quite lost now.  Here is a screenshot - could anyone help with the $PATH problem so I can install more programs I find?  Thanks:

~/Improvements/Kicker_Panel/ksmoothdock$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for kde-config... /usr/bin/kde-config
checking where to install... /usr (as returned by kde-config)
checking for style of include used by make... none
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

[EricGod48]

Re: Configure and MAKE problems

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sudo apt-get install build-essential

in the konsole to have everything else needed to compile programs installed...gcc isn't enough. I had this problem yesterday and the build essentials fixed it for me.

[sonofmoog]

Re: Configure and MAKE problems

Today is my lucky day. I came into this forum with exactly this problem, and this article was at the top of the list of unread articles. Some days it's just your turn.

Thanks, Eric

[alex2325]

Re: Configure and MAKE problems

Now it works for the compiler but it doesn't know where "X" is at. Would you know how to coorect this? Thanks again. Screenshot:

checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!

[kubicle]

Re: Configure and MAKE problems

Now it works for the compiler but it doesn't know where "X" is at.  Would you know how to coorect this?  Thanks again.  Screenshot:

checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!

You usually need some development (-dev) libraries/packages to compile (depending on what you're trying to compile)

Installing 'kdelibs4-dev' and it's dependencies should give you most things you need to compile software for kde (Including the 'X includes' you're missing)

[alex2325]

Re: [RESOLVED] Configure and MAKE problems

Thank you all very very much. I have arrived (with all your help) at being able to configure and MAKE. With this particular install however of the "SmoothDock" there is a problem I believe with the file he offers on the internet. But the compiling on my side appears to work so I'm calling it "RESOLVED".



Thanks Again!