From: David Alan Black <dblack@...>
Date: 2002-07-11T12:04:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Help,Why I cannot install ruby under linux

Hello --

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Maggie Xiao wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I try to install ruby, but when I typed ./configure there is an error
> massage:c compiler cannot create executables,then I typed "make" in the
> command line, there is another error message:"no target specified and no
> makefile found." What is wrong with the installation? I did find Makefile.in
> in this directory.Thanks.

It sounds like your C compiler cannot create executables :-)  What
platform are you on?  What happens if you type "cc" at the command
line?

(Also, Makefile.in is just the template for Makefile.  If ./configure
doesn't work, then Makefile itself won't exist.)


David

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