I downloaded and installed the gcc binaries recently. I am now trying to compile openssh, but I get bad compiler issues when I try this.

in the openssh directory, I run:

./configure

(mind you, I have usr/local/bin/gcc in my PATH)

but the output says checking for gcc... no

Why can't it find my gcc to compile this?

When I run the evn command to view my PATH is see:
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/bin/gcc:/usr/ucb:/usr/apps/matrix/scripts:/usr/oracle/app/bin:usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:.:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin

When I run the whereis gcc and which gcc commands I get conflicting output:

bash-2.05# whereis gcc
gcc: /usr/local/bin/gcc
bash-2.05# which gcc
no gcc in /usr/bin /usr/sbin /bin /usr/local/bin/gcc /usr/ucb /usr/apps/matrix/scripts /usr/oracle/app/bin usr/local/bin /usr/ccs/bin /usr/ucb /etc . /usr/dt/bin /usr/openwin/bin

whereis finds gcc, but which cannot?

Also, how can I set gcc as my default compiler?

I am running Solaris9 on SPARC FYI. thanks and please help asap. I've spent too much time on this already.--thanks--AJ

I don't know how to fix your gcc problem. But if you're in a hurry, why not simply download binary versions of openssh from sunfreeware? You could be finished in less than half an hour.

I'm only in a hurry because I've wasted too much time looking at this. I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing. I woudl download the binaries, but I need to get this compiler setup so I don't have to mess with getting binaries anymore.

1) did you install gcc to a folder named /usr/local/bin/gcc?

or is that the direct path to exectute gcc?

2) if gcc is in /usr/local/bin you are not defineing the path correctly.

it would be. $export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

that would put gcc in your path properly

that is the direct path to the executable, but I changed it to just /usr/local/bin and still, nothing. I know there is a way that you can set the CC to gcc, but I forget how.

should there be a CC=gcc or something like this in the environment variables?

Many ./configure scripts allow you to specify an envvar like CC to explicit name the compiler to be used. For most configure scripts, you can see the options you can pass or envvar you can set by ./configure --help

May be something like

CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc ./configure

will help you.