[SOLVED] gcc doesn’t work

[Member paulineb]

hello, i downloaded a tarball and run the configure file,
this is what i got.

checking whether the C compiler works… no
configure: error: in `/home/pab/na’:
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

what happened and what could i do?
thank you for any help

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Hello,

paulineb wrote:

i downloaded a tarball and run the configure file,

Meaning you downloaded a .tar file that conatined… a program? tar files can contain images, videos, codefiles… More info is needed.

paulineb wrote:

hecking whether the C compiler works… no
configure: error: in `/home/pab/na’:
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

So it contained a program that needs to be compiled. Do you require special libraries to compile it? Maybe you need to install some things first so that you can correctly compile this program. Take a look at the instructions for your program, and the required program/libraries needed.

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thanks for replying.
yes, tarball with the source of nasm

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If you can connect to the internet you can install nasm from debian repository
sudo apt-get install nasm

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sudo apt install nasm

saves a lot of headaches.

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thanks, it worked!

but does the trick mean that gcc can’t be fixed?

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paulineb wrote:

thanks, it worked!

Sometimes it is better to first see if the program is in the repo. As anticapitalista says, saves a lot of time.

paulineb wrote:

but does the trick mean that gcc can’t be fixed?

It just means that you are missing libraries or other stuff, or that you don’t have permissions (I don’t know for your exact case). If I want to compile stuff, I first need to have the correct stuff installed. I have compiled some programs and kernel modules and used gcc, make, and other programs which I first had to install (and all compilations worked, so gcc has no problem at least for me). Normally the instructions will tell you what you need to install for the compilation to work.

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j have just now tried to compile the ambitious “hello world” program with this result

a.c:1:9: fatal error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
#include <stdio.h>
^~~~~~~~~

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Have you done a search to find where stdio.h is stored on your drive?

Should be ——– /usr/include/stdio.h

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paulineb wrote:

a.c:1:9: fatal error: stdio.h: No such file or directory

You may need to install build-essential for missing libraries
sudo apt install build-essential

If after installing it still doesn’t work, reinstall both gcc and build-essential
sudo apt install --reinstall gcc build-essential

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Xecure wrote:

paulineb wrote:

a.c:1:9: fatal error: stdio.h: No such file or directory

You may need to install build-essential for missing libraries
sudo apt install build-essential

If after installing it still doesn’t work, reinstall both gcc and build-essential
sudo apt install --reinstall gcc build-essential

thanks, it worked and it allowed me to compile package from source.
strange that the downloaded distro has gcc preinstalled without libraries

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The libraries are not really used by most users (I reckon the vast majority do not compile) so take up unnecessary space, especially since Debian upstream has so many packages ready for install via apt.

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got it, thanks!

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