I just installed solaris last night after never using any linux based system in my life. My problem is that i'm trying to install GNU nano, and when I try to do a "# ./configure", I get: "configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH"

So after i soon find out that I have no gcc compiler and make is not installed. So i followed someones online instructions and figured out how to install gcc and make. Tried to install nano again and got the same error. So i found out about this "echo $root command and tried that and I get a blank line.
I then did a "# find / -name gcc" and got.


/usr/sfw/lib/gcc
/usr/sfw/bin/gcc
/usr/sfw/libexec/gcc
/usr/local/doc/gcc
/usr/local/bin/gcc
/usr/local/lib/gcc
/usr/local/libexec/gcc


I don't know what to do now. I understand that I need to have these directories as my $root, but I can't seem to figure out how. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Solaris isn't Linux.
Both of these statements are incorrect. You have gcc installed and two versions of make are installed by default with Solaris.
That wasn't necessary. You now have two versions of gcc and three make ...
But still none is in your PATH, which is the real issue you have.
I don't know where you find this "echo $root" command but it is irrelevant. A blank line is to be expected.
You are confusing root/path with PATH

just do:
Alternatively, you can just install a nano binary package instead of compiling it yourself.

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Thanks a bunch. I got it installed except everytime I open my terminal, I have to do the

PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/bin
export PATH

before I can open nano. Is there anway I can set PATH so I don't have to use the above commands or is this just the way it is?

Also, once I get nano open, when I try to resize the window (I like to make it longer than the default), I get a segmentation fault. Now I understand that means I'm trying to access memory that's not there or that doesn't belong to me, but I don't understand why I get a seg fault here? I wrote a test program, compiled and ran it, so nano is working right except for the resize thing.

You can set the PATH permanently by adding that to your .profile or similar. ("Or similar" because it depends on which shell you are using. .profile should work for Bourne-compatible shells.) You might still want to investigate why and how your PATH got zapped in the first place.

A segmentation fault in nano is not "your" fault, it's the guy who wrote nano who apparently didn't take window size changes into account, or didn't know how to handle them properly. Now you have the source code so maybe you can fix that (-: but seriously, you might just live with not resizing your terminal, or use another editor which can cope.

I have no clue on how my path got zapped. Probably something I did. Anyway how would I go about adding my path to my .profile?