[rancid] Re: The config.log

[Ryan West]

Wagner

> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 7:30 AM
> To: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> Subject: [rancid] The config.log
> 
> Hi,
> 
> When I tried to run the ./configure --prefix=/home/rancid, the
> following
> log was created. What did I do wrong?
> 
> This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
> 
> It was created by configure, which was
> generated by GNU Autoconf 2.63.  Invocation command line was
> 
> configure:2446: checking whether /usr/bin/make sets $(MAKE)
> configure:2468: result: yes
> configure:2527: checking for gcc
> configure:2557: result: no
> configure:2620: checking for cc
> configure:2667: result: no
> configure:2723: checking for cl.exe
> configure:2753: result: no
> configure:2777: error: in `/usr/local/rancid/tar/rancid-2.3.2':
> configure:2780: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> See `config.log' for more details.
> 

Not sure what distro you're on, but you're probably missing headers and should install GCC.  Once you're done with that, check out one of the many install guides like -> http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch1_:_Network_Backups_With_Rancid

Thanks,

-ryan