From: kasal@... (Stepan Kasal)
Date: 2002-07-12T18:12:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Help,Why I cannot install ruby under linux

Hello,

On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 03:05:36 GMT, David Alan Black wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Maggie Xiao wrote:
> > I try to install ruby, but when I typed ./configure there is an error
> > massage:c compiler cannot create executables, [...]
 
> It sounds like your C compiler cannot create executables :-)
> What platform are you on?

It sounds like Maggie is using linux. ;-)
But seriously, it help to name the vendor of the distribution, as well as the
version of the distribution.

> What happens if you type "cc" at the command line?

Thus it should help to search for gcc package/packages in your install/admin
program.  (Eg. yast in SuSE.)

Sometimes there is a list of useful packages called like "Development
Workstation" so you don't have to check individual packages.

HTH,
	Stepan