need help

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 7:06 pm

I was following the tutorial at http://www.gungans.de/h11/en/devdc-gcc- ... utils.html and I got down to where it says "Configure your makefile so that it reflects your TARGET and DIRECTORIES". When I do that step, it gives me this error.

Configuring for a i686-pc-cygwin host.
Created "Makefile" in /gcc/build-binutils using "mh-frag"
cc: not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

so what'd I do wrong?

EvilSporkMan · Post by **EvilSporkMan** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 9:40 pm

It'd help if you told us what you typed before that came up...

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Sat Mar 08, 2003 9:53 pm

I typed
target=sh-elf
prefix=/usr/local/dc/$target
binaries=$prefix/bin
PATH=$binaries:$PATH
cd /gcc/build-binutils
../binutils-2.11.2/configure --target=$target --prefix=$prefix

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 7:39 am

*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

Read your error messages. They are wonderful for trying to help you solve your problems.
You have 2 options:
A) Make a symlink 'cc' that points to 'gcc'. This is what is done on most *nix systems that have gcc.
B) Go through the configure script and and replace every instance of 'cc' with 'gcc' (Case sensitive)

I'd vote for A)
For more on creating a symlink (aka symbolic link) type 'man link'

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 9:18 pm

I know this is probably a dumb question, toastman, but what do you mean "type 'man link'"? type it where?

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Sun Mar 09, 2003 10:11 pm

Well, that'll probably only work on a Linux (or other real Unix system) anyway - I don't think that Cygwin has a man program.

Basically, he means "look up 'link' in the manual".

'man' is a program which displays pages from the electronic manual for a Unix system. It basically the equivalent of the Windows help system (although much more technical).

It looks like your compiler tools are installed incorrectly. Try typing "gcc" at the BASH prompt. It should say something like "No files given". If it can't find GCC, you need to install it.

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:22 pm

I typed "gcc" and it said "command not found" so, I guess it isn't installed right? How do I install it?

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 7:39 pm

You don't have GCC, so you need to download it.

If you're using Cygwin, you'd be best off using the Setup program, and selecting everything under 'development'.

If you're using a Unix system, you can probably get some binaries from here. Maybe.

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Mon Mar 10, 2003 8:08 pm

thanks, I'll try that tonight.

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:22 am

dang it dang it dang it.... the download got to 98% and then said "download incomplete, try again?" well, I haven't tried again yet, but I'll probably try again tonight