[SOLVED] thttpd install

WhiteHotLoveTiger · 06-13-2012, 04:20 PM

I'm trying to build and install thttpd on a slackware box via a SlackBuilds.org script. The install starts off alright, but fails when testing gcc:

Code:

...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 -fPIC ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.

I've just installed gcc from the official slackware repositories, but I guess I'm missing something else. Can someone illuminate me?

Kustom42 · 06-13-2012, 05:08 PM

Are you running it as root? Sounds like it may be a perms problem preventing the file creation.

WhiteHotLoveTiger · 06-13-2012, 05:30 PM

Yep, I'm running it as root.

I came across this thread, which seems to be describing a similar problem to mine, so I tried installing glibc, but I'm still getting the same result. To make sure I had the right glibc, I installed all five packages that showed up when I ran "slackpkg search glibc", but I'm still getting my original error message.

Kustom42 · 06-13-2012, 05:45 PM

See if you have a config.log file in your log directory that should give you some detailed info on the exact error.

WhiteHotLoveTiger · 06-13-2012, 09:19 PM

Thanks Kustom, that's put me back on the right track. I was able to see that it's missing "libmpc.so.2". I searched for libmpc with slackpkg and installed the package that showed up.
It's still failing at the same spot though. When I check the config.log file now, it's complaining about missing "libmpfr.so.4". slackpkg isn't returning any results for this one, so I'm going to start doing a little more research online.

WhiteHotLoveTiger · 06-13-2012, 09:30 PM

So I found libmpfr by searching for just 'mpfr' in slackpkg. Now I'm still stopping at the same point, but instead of complaining about a missing library, I'm getting this in my config.log:

Code:

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

configure:573: checking host system type
configure:594: checking target system type
configure:612: checking build system type
configure:638: checking for gcc
configure:751: checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 -fPIC ) works
configure:767: gcc -o conftest -O2 -fPIC   conftest.c  1>&5
gcc: error trying to exec 'as': execvp: No such file or directory
configure: failed program was:

#line 762 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"

main(){return(0);}

I'm not sure where to look next. Does this mean that the sample code to test gcc tried to exec into a program called 'as'?

knudfl · 06-14-2012, 01:40 AM

# 6 :

Quote:

.. a program called 'as' ?

"/usr/bin/as"

Provided by the package binutils. ( Install cd / DVD : slackware/d/ ).

WhiteHotLoveTiger · 06-14-2012, 10:11 AM

Thanks knudfl. I've installed the binutils package, and that got me past the problem with gcc. After that I had to install the kernel headers, and then, finally, I got it to work.

I kind of expected more of these packages to be there already. This is a linode that I'm getting set up, and I'm using their default slackware install. Maybe next time I'll try doing the install myself.