[rt-users] RT 4.0.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 release config error help

[testwreq wreq]

Thank you so much. apt-get install gcc helped.


On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Dominic Hargreaves <
dominic.hargreaves at it.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 10:39:18AM -0500, testwreq wreq wrote:
> > I am following installation instructions from the README:
> > http://bestpractical.com/rt/docs/latest/README.html
> >
> > RT configure command failed with the following error on my new ubuntu
> > install. I will appreciate if anyone can advise a way to proceed further?
> > What is the fix for this error?
> >
> >
> > root at rt:/rt/rt-4.0.8# ./configure --prefix=/rt --with-web-user=www-data
> > --with-web-group=www-data
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> > checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
> > checking for chosen layout... relative
> > checking if group rt3 exists... not found
> > checking if group rt exists... not found
> > checking if group www-data exists... found
> > checking if database name is set... yes
> > checking if database name is valid... yes
> > checking for gcc... no
> > checking for cc... no
> > checking for cl.exe... no
> > configure: error: in `/rt/rt-4.0.8':
> > configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> > See `config.log' for more details
>
> I imagine the quickest way to proceed will be to first run
>
> apt-get install gcc
>
> as root.
>
> However I am a bit confused as to why gcc is being required, as I
> don't believe any native code is being compiled. Does autotools just
> assume that it will be needed at some point or is it left over from
> long ago when there were SUID wrappers?
>
> Cheers,
> Dominic.
>
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> Dominic Hargreaves, Systems Development and Support Section
> IT Services, University of Oxford
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