I'm a newbie trying to install mimedefang on a raq550 running strongbolt2 (Centos 4.8) but I get a problem right at the start. I downloaded and untar'd mimedefang-2.67.tar.gz. The install instructions say:
4) Configure, build and install the MIMEDefang software:
Quote:
./configure
make
make install
but at the first step I get:
Code:
[root@home mimedefang-2.67]# ./configure
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
Press any key to continue...
In the mimedfang-2.67 folder there's no ./configure file, I don't know
if mimedefang is compatible with my OS. I also tried yum install mimedefang but it didn't recognise any such package.
Can anyone advise?
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 01-15-2010 at 07:55 PM..
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[root@home mimedefang-2.67]# ./configure
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
Press any key to continue...
In the mimedfang-2.67 folder there's no ./configure file, I don't know
if mimedefang is compatible with my OS.
You're right, there isn't a ./configure file. However, I'm sure there's a file called 'configure'. By default, most distributions don't just run commands in the current folder (like Windows does), as that is a possibly huge security risk, and forces you to explicitly use the path to the file. Since a single dot means the current directory, ./configure means "run the file configure in the current directory (if it's got the executable bit)"
The error configure throws tells you that it can't find a C compiler, which it needs. Install these packages: gcc, make, and binutils, plus all their dependencies.
As for "compatible with my OS": the FAQ for MIMEDefang lists the supported OS (emphasis added):
Quote:
[...]Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, HP-UX, Tru64 UNIX, and AIX[...]
thanks for your advice pludi. I installed gcc, the make and binutils just gave 'Nothing to do', I then ran ./configure , but its stopped saying:
Code:
checking for Perl module MIME::Tools 5.410 ()... configure: WARNING: *** Error trying to use Perl mo
dule MIME::Tools 5.410 ()
configure: WARNING: *** Make sure the following Perl modules are installed:
configure: WARNING: *** MIME::Tools version 5.410 or higher (5.411a recommended)
configure: WARNING: *** MIME::WordDecoder
configure: WARNING: *** Digest::SHA1
Press any key to continue...
so then I downloaded perl-MIME-tools-5.420-2.el5.rf.noarch.rpm but when I tried to install that I got failed dependencies. So then I downloaded perl-MIME-tools-5.410-10.i386.rpm:
and got that and then I ran:
rpm -ivh perl-MIME-tools-5.410-10.i386.rpm
and it installed fine. But then I ran ./configure again and got the same error:
Code:
checking for Perl module MIME::Tools 5.410 ()... configure: WARNING: *** Error trying to use Perl mo
dule MIME::Tools 5.410 ()
configure: WARNING: *** Make sure the following Perl modules are installed:
configure: WARNING: *** MIME::Tools version 5.410 or higher (5.411a recommended)
configure: WARNING: *** MIME::WordDecoder
configure: WARNING: *** Digest::SHA1
Press any key to continue...
do I have to do anything to activate the MIME:tools or start it? thanks for any further advice.
---------- Post updated 16-01-10 at 12:23 AM ---------- Previous update was 15-01-10 at 10:19 PM ----------
update:
I hope I'm not speaking too soon but I think I've had a breakthrough. Someone told me about RPMforge and I went there and installed rpmforge which led to success with:
Code:
yum install mimedefang.i386
this installed mimedefang-2.67, including dependencies, so now I've got work out how to make it work (lol).
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