[rt-users] Fresh Install of rt3.8.1 on Ubuntu 8.04 missing required components on Configure step

[Jesse Vincent]

On Sep 11, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Chris Nelson wrote:

> I have given up salvaging my upgrade. I will keep the database only  
> (which - fortunately, still has my 1000+ tickets in it).
>
> I'm a linux newbie. The RT community's help has been priceless.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm still at a loss a bit. I've gone step by step  
> through the readme doc. I installed a fresh, pristine LAMP ubuntu  
> server. I have correct versions of perl, apache2, and mysql. I  
> created a pw for the root mysql user.
>
> I untarred the gz file.
> I ran sudo ./configure --prefix=/opt/rt3.8 --with-db- 
> database=tickets --enable-gd --enable-graphviz
> Here is the output:
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking for gawk... no
> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
> I know this is about my 15th total newbie post - but I have to get  
> my tickets db back up and running soon before my sanity expires -  
> and I don't think I can afford the support incident fee (besides, I  
> really need to understand what's happening here).
>

Ubuntu ships without a compiler installed. To get that set up, you  
need to run:


apt-get install build-essential


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