From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-09-01T12:06:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem installing on Cygwin, no C compiler

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Peter Vanderhaden wrote:
> Can anyone help me?  I tried installing Ruby on Cygwin with the
> following commands:
> 
>   # Ruby :
> tar xvf ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz
> cd ruby-1.8.6
> ./configure
> make
> make install
> 
> The ./configure command produced the following error message:
> 
> $ ./configure
> checking build system type... i686-pc-cygwin
> checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
> checking target system type... i686-pc-cygwin
> checking for gcc... no
> checking for cc... no
> checking for cl.exe... no
> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> See `config.log' for more details.
> 
> Does a C compile come with Cygwin?  If not, where can I get one so I can
> complete the installation?
> Thanks....

You probably installed the *minimal* Cygwin -- gcc is part of Cygwin. I
always install the whole thing, so I don't know where to find gcc. But
what you do is start Setup.exe from the Cygwin web site. After answering
a few questions, you will get an application package tree where you can
select the packages you want. There's a "development" section, where you
can choose "gcc".

By the way, Ruby is part of the Cygwin distribution, and you can install
it in binary or source form directly out of the same tree. However, if
you want a newer version than the one in Cygwin, you'll need gcc.
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