configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check

chlorantus · 12-18-2005, 09:02 PM

My errors:

[root@localhost gst-plugins-good-0.9.7]# ./configure
configure: configuring gst-plugins-good for release
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... i686-redhat-linux-gnulibc1
checking host system type... i686-redhat-linux-gnulibc1
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
[root@localhost gst-plugins-good-0.9.7]#
[root@localhost gst-plugins-good-0.9.7]# grep cpp config.log
configure:3980: gcc -E -traditional-cpp conftest.c
configure:3980: gcc -E -traditional-cpp conftest.c
configure:3980: /lib/cpp conftest.c
configure:3980: /lib/cpp conftest.c
configure:4063: result: /lib/cpp
configure:4087: /lib/cpp conftest.c
configure:4087: /lib/cpp conftest.c
configure:4162: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
ac_cv_prog_CPP=/lib/cpp
CPP='/lib/cpp'

Try complie C :
#include<stdio.h>
main()
{ printf(“hello world”);
}
Error:
hello.c:1:18: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
hello.c: In function ‘main’:
hello.c:3: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘printf’

I saw gcc and gcc-lib in /usr/lib (but not have cpp), i also saw rpm gcc-c++-4.0.0-8 & cpp-4.0.0-8 installed.
But I still have errors above, what must I do ?

kaspen · 12-29-2005, 03:02 PM

checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
(Thu Dec 29 @ ~/superkaramba) ( -bash )
(19:00:48)-(~/superkaramba)->

I check config.log

configure:3247: gcc -c conftest.c >&5
conftest.c:2: error: syntax error before "me"
configure:3253: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| #ifndef __cplusplus
| choke me
| #endif
configure:3388: checking dependency style of gcc
configure:3478: result: gcc3

Syntax error
configure:3536: gcc -E -traditional-cpp conftest.c
In file included from /usr/include/features.h:308,
from /usr/include/assert.h:36,
from conftest.c:14:
/usr/include/sys/cdefs.h:31: #error "You need a ISO C conforming compiler to us$
configure:3542: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h. */

| Syntax error
configure:3536: /lib/cpp conftest.c
In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:153,
from /usr/include/limits.h:144,
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.6/include/limit$
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.6/include/sysli$
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.6/include/limit$
from conftest.c:12:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
configure:3542: $? = 1

I found that's lines wrong

.. I dont know what do.. i have re-install qt 2 times and nothing fix

I'm using slackware 10.2 with kernel 2.6.14.4..

some idea for i'm fix that?..

Thanks.

zip · 01-22-2006, 03:04 PM

Thank you for posting this solution.
I had the same problem.
Who would have known that cc1 is cc1plus?
This is for Debian 3.1. ./configuration for a Graphire 4 graphics tablet.

asus:/usr/bin# ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/cc1 cc1plus

Quote:

Originally Posted by exeon

I know this shouldn't be right.
gcc was already installed on my machine but I still got:
C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
I looked at config.log and it said something like:
cc1plus command not found

i found cc1
/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.4.1/cc1
so I linked it in /usr/bin
ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.4.1/cc1 cc1plus

voila: all working

Mandrake 10.1 Community Edition
Athlon XP 1500+
Chipset SIS 735

imanassypov · 08-16-2006, 09:53 AM

Dudes,

You are missing the g++ package. Just do 'apt-get install g++'.
This will definitely get you going with your /.configure

-igor

wvragga · 08-29-2006, 02:39 PM

Greetings All,

this had me tearing my hair out for a while.....

The solution for me was to create 2 missing symbolic links, I got the info from the GCC install howto.

My error was that linux/limits.h did not exist .

In the dir usr/include linux should be linked to /linux/include/linux in the kernel source dir, and asm should be linked to linux/include/asm also in kernel source dir.

My commands needed were:

ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux /usr/include/linux

ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm /usr/include/asm

This assumes that you have a symbolic link in usr/src (or wherever your source is) linux that links to /linux-2.6.whatever your kernel is ;-)

Configure was looking for these links, as soon as I created them I was all good!

Respects,
Ragga ;-)

b3ck · 09-17-2006, 09:46 AM

Hello all! I hope one of you guys can help me out here, I'm trying to install gcc-4.1.1 and I get this error:

configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check

Below is the whole output I get from trying to 'make' gcc, I am I missing something? please me know...

Code:

root@pradio [~/gcc-4.1.1]# make
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/pradio/gcc-4.1.1'
mkdir -p -- host-i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1/fastjar
Configuring in host-i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1/fastjar
configure: creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for rm... /bin/rm
checking for cp... /bin/cp
checking for strip... /usr/bin/strip
checking for chmod... /bin/chmod
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... no
checking for sys/ndir.h that defines DIR... no
checking for sys/dir.h that defines DIR... no
checking for ndir.h that defines DIR... no
checking for library containing opendir... none required
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
make[1]: *** [configure-fastjar] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/pradio/gcc-4.1.1'

here is the contents of my config.log:

Code:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

configure:600: checking host system type
configure:621: checking target system type
configure:639: checking build system type
configure:694: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:747: checking whether ln works
configure:771: checking whether ln -s works
configure:1825: checking for gcc
configure:1938: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works
configure:1954: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
configure:1980: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler
configure:1985: checking whether we are using GNU C
configure:1994: gcc -E conftest.c
configure:2013: checking whether gcc accepts -g
configure:2080: checking for gnatbind
configure:2145: checking whether compiler driver understands Ada
configure:2177: checking how to compare bootstrapped objects
configure:2275: checking for correct version of gmp.h
configure:2288: gcc -c -g -O2   conftest.c 1>&5
configure:2278:17: gmp.h: No such file or directory
configure: In function `main':
configure:2282: error: `choke' undeclared (first use in this function)
configure:2282: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
configure:2282: error: for each function it appears in.)
configure:2282: error: syntax error before "me"
configure: failed program was:
#line 2277 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#include "gmp.h"
int main() {

#if __GNU_MP_VERSION < 3
choke me
#endif

; return 0; }
configure:3313: checking for bison
configure:3353: checking for bison
configure:3392: checking for gm4
configure:3392: checking for gnum4
configure:3392: checking for m4
configure:3431: checking for flex
configure:3471: checking for flex
configure:3510: checking for makeinfo
configure:3563: checking for expect
configure:3604: checking for runtest
configure:3652: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ar
configure:3683: checking for ar
configure:3727: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-as
configure:3758: checking for as
configure:3802: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-dlltool
configure:3833: checking for dlltool
configure:3877: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ld
configure:3908: checking for ld
configure:3952: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-lipo
configure:3983: checking for lipo
configure:4027: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-nm
configure:4058: checking for nm
configure:4102: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ranlib
configure:4133: checking for ranlib
configure:4172: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-strip
configure:4203: checking for strip
configure:4242: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-windres
configure:4273: checking for windres
configure:4317: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-objcopy
configure:4348: checking for objcopy
configure:4392: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-objdump
configure:4423: checking for objdump
configure:4474: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ar
configure:4505: checking for ar
configure:4549: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-as
configure:4580: checking for as
configure:4624: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-cc
configure:4655: checking for cc
configure:4699: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-c++
configure:4730: checking for c++
configure:4774: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-dlltool
configure:4805: checking for dlltool
configure:4849: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-gcc
configure:4880: checking for gcc
configure:4919: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-gcj
configure:4950: checking for gcj
configure:4994: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-gfortran
configure:5025: checking for gfortran
configure:5069: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ld
configure:5100: checking for ld
configure:5144: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-lipo
configure:5175: checking for lipo
configure:5219: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-nm
configure:5250: checking for nm
configure:5294: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-objdump
configure:5325: checking for objdump
configure:5369: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-ranlib
configure:5400: checking for ranlib
configure:5439: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-strip
configure:5470: checking for strip
configure:5514: checking for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-windres
configure:5545: checking for windres
configure:5588: checking where to find the target ar
configure:5613: checking where to find the target as
configure:5638: checking where to find the target cc
configure:5663: checking where to find the target c++
configure:5691: checking where to find the target c++ for libstdc++
configure:5719: checking where to find the target dlltool
configure:5744: checking where to find the target gcc
configure:5769: checking where to find the target gcj
configure:5797: checking where to find the target gfortran
configure:5825: checking where to find the target ld
configure:5850: checking where to find the target lipo
configure:5865: checking where to find the target nm
configure:5890: checking where to find the target objdump
configure:5915: checking where to find the target ranlib
configure:5940: checking where to find the target strip
configure:5965: checking where to find the target windres
configure:6018: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles
configure:6065: checking if symbolic links between directories work

Thanks in advance,
-b3ck

d4nk · 04-04-2007, 01:13 AM

Running DreamLinux (Debian) on kernal 2.6 and having same error...
Created the symbolic links as per wvragga's instructions and all is well. Nice job!

Dan

koca · 05-16-2007, 08:15 AM

you dont have installed this package gcc-c++.

xerxes2695 · 09-19-2007, 09:07 AM

For Fedora, CentOS, Red hat (based) distros:

yum install gcc-objc

is needed

mossy · 11-21-2007, 01:43 PM

Tinkster -- Thanks for the distinction between gcc & g++

Chagai.Dromi · 11-29-2007, 05:21 AM

Just for the recored

At Dreamlinux it seem like the next link exist :
/usr/include/linux to /usr/src/linux/include/linux
However /usr/src/linux/include/linux does not exist and therefore it was necessary to install the next link :
ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18.1-kanotix-1/include/linux /usr/include/linux

This solve the linux/limits.h problem

//Chagai

properganda · 01-10-2008, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boyer

Like said above, you must install gcc, gcc-cpp, and gcc-c++

Just do:

# urpmi gcc gcc-cpp gcc-c++

and urpmi will install the nessessary packages for you. If you don't have urpmi for some reason, try www.pbone.net or www.rpmfind.net

Cheers,
Boyer

Do you think this may be a similar issue for Slackware? Slakware uses installpkg instead of rpm...

mhsh · 04-23-2008, 11:04 PM

hi!
I had this problem too in open SuSE 10.3
and i also had glibc-devel- 2.6.1-18. i586.rpm

but when i installed these package my problem solved :
glibc-devel-2.6.1-18.3.i586.rpm
linux-kernel-headers-2.6.24-5.6.noarch.rpm

Cheers
Mohammad Hoseyn Sheykholeslam
mhsh_92@yahoo.com

alainscribot · 10-02-2008, 03:28 AM

Hi, I get same type of error with a new installation os Slacw. 12.1 trying to install imlib2 from salckbuilds:

configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.

I checked all my C compilers ("slackpkg search gcc"), reinstalled etc..
I also checked I had the kernel sources..

It's probably something silly I overlooked.. fanx 4 telling me what.. please, if somebody knows
Cheers, Alan

weibullguy · 10-02-2008, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alainscribot

I checked all my C compilers ("slackpkg search gcc"), reinstalled etc..
I also checked I had the kernel sources..

Except you didn't check what you were told to check by Imlib's configure script. Why not take a look at config.log to see what went wrong?