'configure' error with cygwin, no gcc installed

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I installed a Cygwin system on my windows XP platform, following is what I get when use './configure':

<pre lang="css">$ sh ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... no
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... gawk
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH

Does someone know what the cause of the error, and how to solve it?

I already have vs2005 installed on my PC, someone suggested lacking of a "GCC" compiler causes all the trouble, but I wonder VS2005 must have a compiler, so, why it still fails?

Thanks in advance

Posted 22-Apr-10 20:46pm

into_the_wild

Updated 7-May-10 23:00pm

Moak

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Solution 3

I doubt Cygwin will use the Microsoft compiler.
You probably should download the gcc compiler (the Cygwin setup will do it for you).
:)

Posted 22-Apr-10 21:44pm

CPallini

Solution 2

You are probably missing required bits of Cygwin. Why are you using ./configure directly? The GUI download normally takes care of all that for you. And yes, the bit you are missing is most probably the GCC compiler. You should select it in your Cygwin installer.

Posted 22-Apr-10 21:37pm

Michel Godfroid

Solution 4

I have downloaded a gcc zip file, then unzip it under the same directory of the cygwin files.Restart the configure command again but still failed,the error information is as follow:

CSS

$ ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... no
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... gawk
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH

Posted 22-Apr-10 22:52pm

into_the_wild

Updated 22-Apr-10 23:04pm

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Tony Richards · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-23T00:07:00

Solution 5

Use the cygwin setup program again to add the GCC package. It should set up your $PATH variable for you. This is far safer than just downloading the archive.

Posted 23-Apr-10 0:07am

Tony Richards