Re: FC3 & irssi install probs

From: Aleksandar Milivojevic (amilivojevic_at_pbl.ca)
Date: 01/28/05

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    Mike Hoy wrote:
    > I'm installing irssi, a text only IRC chat program on Fedora Core 3.
    >
    > The INSTALL file says that it needs Glib and my system has it.
    >
    > The instructions say to:
    >
    > untar it and the cd to the irssi*** directory.
    >
    > then ./configure

    [snip]

    > checking for gcc... no
    > checking for cc... no
    > checking for cc... no
    > checking for cl... no
    > configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
    > See `config.log' for more details.

    What instructions don't say, because it is assumed, is that if you want
    to compile anything, you need to have compiler install. Install gcc
    package(s) *and* development libraries (if you don't have compiler
    installed, chances are you don't have devel packages installed either). 

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