Hi,
Brand new Debian user here, but I've been testing out various Linux distros for a little while now. I installed Lenny yesterday on an old Dell Latitude D600 with no problems. I want to use Conky 1.7.2 which I downloaded from the Conky web site (only v1.6 is in the Debian repos). When I ran ./configure I got an error "no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH". Is there no complier installed by default??? If not which do you suggest I install?
Thanks,
Steve
Here is the full config.log for the install:
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This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
It was created by Conky configure 1.7.2, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.63. Invocation command line was
$ ./configure
## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##
hostname = debian
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.6.26-2-686
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP Tue Mar 9 17:35:51 UTC 2010
/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown
/bin/arch = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown
PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##
configure:2338: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:2406: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:2417: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:2460: result: yes
configure:2485: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p
configure:2524: result: /bin/mkdir -p
configure:2537: checking for gawk
configure:2567: result: no
configure:2537: checking for mawk
configure:2553: found /usr/bin/mawk
configure:2564: result: mawk
configure:2575: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:2601: result: no
configure:2844: checking for gcc
configure:2874: result: no
configure:2937: checking for cc
configure:2984: result: no
configure:3040: checking for cl.exe
configure:3070: result: no
configure:3094: error: in `/home/steve/conky/conky-1.7.2':
configure:3097: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
## ---------------- ##
## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##
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ac_cv_path_mkdir=/bin/mkdir
ac_cv_prog_AWK=mawk
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## ----------------- ##
## Output variables. ##
## ----------------- ##
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AR=''
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AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /home/steve/conky/conky-1.7.2/missing --run autoheader'
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BUILD_NVIDIA_FALSE=''
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CC=''
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CFLAGS=''
CPP=''
CPPFLAGS=''
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DEFS=''
DEPDIR=''
DSYMUTIL=''
DUMPBIN=''
ECHO_C=''
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ECHO_T=''
EGREP=''
EXEEXT=''
FGREP=''
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GLib2_LIBS=''
GREP=''
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HAVE_DOCSTUFF_TRUE=''
HAVE_PKGCONFIG=''
INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}'
INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM='$(install_sh) -c -s'
Imlib2_CFLAGS=''
Imlib2_LIBS=''
LD=''
LDFLAGS=''
LIBICONV=''
LIBOBJS=''
LIBS=''
LIBTOOL=''
LIPO=''
LN_S=''
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LTLIBOBJS=''
LUA51_CFLAGS=''
LUA51_LIBS=''
LUA_CFLAGS=''
LUA_LIBS=''
MAKEINFO='${SHELL} /home/steve/conky/conky-1.7.2/missing --run makeinfo'
MKDIR_P='/bin/mkdir -p'
NM=''
NMEDIT=''
OBJDUMP=''
OBJEXT=''
OTOOL64=''
OTOOL=''
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PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='brenden1@users.sourceforge.net'
PACKAGE_NAME='Conky'
PACKAGE_STRING='Conky 1.7.2'
PACKAGE_TARNAME='conky'
PACKAGE_VERSION='1.7.2'
PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
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RANLIB=''
SED=''
SET_MAKE='MAKE=make'
SHELL='/bin/sh'
STRIP=''
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conky_CFLAGS=''
conky_LIBS=''
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datarootdir='${prefix}/share'
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db2x_xsltproc_cmd=''
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dvidir='${docdir}'
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host=''
host_alias=''
host_cpu=''
host_os=''
host_vendor=''
htmldir='${docdir}'
includedir='${prefix}/include'
infodir='${datarootdir}/info'
install_sh='$(SHELL) /home/steve/conky/conky-1.7.2/install-sh'
libcurl_CFLAGS=''
libcurl_LIBS=''
libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
libxml2_CFLAGS=''
libxml2_LIBS=''
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lt_ECHO='echo'
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mkdir_p='/bin/mkdir -p'
oldincludedir='/usr/include'
pdfdir='${docdir}'
prefix='NONE'
program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
psdir='${docdir}'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
target_alias=''
tolua_CFLAGS=''
tolua_LIBS=''
toluapp=''
xsltproc_cmd=''
## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##
#define PACKAGE_NAME "Conky"
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "conky"
#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.7.2"
#define PACKAGE_STRING "Conky 1.7.2"
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "brenden1@users.sourceforge.net"
#define PACKAGE "conky"
#define VERSION "1.7.2"
#define _GNU_SOURCE /**/
configure: exit 1