From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-11-13T14:43:21+09:00
Subject: Re: how to install ruby in home folder ?.

Pokkai Dokkai wrote:
> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>>     $ autoconf
>>     $ ./configure --prefix=/home/username/ruby
>>     $ make
>>     $ make install
> 
> 
> when i execute  "./configure --prefix=/home/username/ruby"
> 
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name...
> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
> 
> what to do ?

There will be a file named "config.log" in the source directory. It will 
tell you what went wrong. If it isn't obvious to you, post it here and 
we'll have a look at it. What flavor of Linux are you running, and if 
it's one of those "user friendly" ones like Fedora, have you installed 
all the "development tools?"