Issue with installing GCC on Darwin - Trying not to freak out


 
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Old 06-28-2007
Issue with installing GCC on Darwin - Trying not to freak out

The learning curve with UNIX is a bit steep and devastatingly humbling.

Anywho, I need GCC so that I can install the software that I actually need and am terribly stuck. When I attempt to configure gcc I get the following error:

Code:
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.

Interestingly (or not) I got the same error trying to install openBabel, which is why I started trying to install GCC in the first place.

What this says to me is "GCC can not be configured because GCC is not configured."

I've searched around for an answer, and have verified that I am entering the config command appropriately but generally find instructions that simply state: "hopefully you won't get any error" or "assuming that worked, move on to the next step (build)" Well, I did get an error, it didn't work, and I'm completely lost.

Help.
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Old 06-28-2007
You need to install the binary version of GCC first. Then you can compile future versions of GCC and other GCC related software.
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Old 06-28-2007
Thanks Neo. I finally have things working.
 
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