[Xastir] Install Problem

[Jim]

Glenn Starling wrote:
> I am using the Ubuntu Studio version of Ubuntu 10.4, which is their video
> studio version.  I am following the How-To: Ubuntu 10.04 instructions.  I
> opted for the UbuntuGIS version of the Everything is fine until I got to the
> commandto ../configure.
>
>
>   The results are as follows:
>
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
>
> Configuring xastir 1.9.9
>
> checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler works... no
> configure: error: in `/home/glenn/src/xastir/build':
> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
> glenn at video:~/src/xastir/build$ make
> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
>
>
> So, the gcc compiler is there but doesnt work?  I saw in the configure
> script the note that it tested for broken compilers, but I couldn
> quite figure out what test it was performing, or what dependency was
> missing that would make it fail to work properly.  Very possibly, the
> media studio edition of Ubuntu doesn´t have some of the libraries
> installed that the desktop version has.  If that is so, which do I
> add?
>
> I realize this may be more of a compiler or Ubuntu problem than a
> Xastir problem, but I´m confused!  Thanks for any help you can offer.
>
> -- Glenn Starling
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apt-get install build-essential

Just a guess without any additional info.

Jim.