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Date:      Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:54:12 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        "pons" <pons@zippy.ultrashell.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OT:Configure tar 
Message-ID:  <44644.943977252@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:27:37 EST." <199911301427.OAA10479@zippy.shellyeah.org> 

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On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:27:37 EST, "pons" wrote:

> At the moment i am using a free shell account running Sun.

Doesn't seem to be the sort of predicament in which to mail
freebsd-questions, eh? :-)

> i am facing the following problem: after i unzip a tar file and it
> forms its own directory, i go into that dir and attempt to configure
> it with "./configure" i get a failed message : configure: error: no
> acceptable cc found in $PATH

So the first thing to do is ask the administrator of the box where gcc
lives.  Add its path to your PATH in your ${HOME}/.profile and you
should be fine.

> I am afraid i cant get access to cc or gcc.

If the admin hasn't provided you with gcc, it may be because he or she
doesn't want you to use it.  Best mail him or her.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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