Thanks to those of you who replied. You all know who you are. I thought google was worthless because of the whole resetting the statistics for terrorstorm thing, and because getting them to open my gmail account is harder than squeezing blood from a stone. Yes, I frequently try to do both. From what I can tell gcc and binutils are installed, but the BASH is still trying to tell me the compiler is 'not working' What gives.. do I need to search by each of the bins it says it needs and throw them in one of the bin dirs on the path? Perhaps I will attempt this next as I eagerly await your next constructive reply. Also I burned out using google to search for things because I cant compile them... sigh... sucks to be me Ok then oh incidentally does anyone have any advice on installing tor is it recommended and does anyone know if the police have said if they found anything on those computers they siezed... Anyway Israel Dominic Felicianus MH Street_drifter2006@yahool.com www.inet-services.netfirms.com Rick Stevens <rstevens@vitalstream.com> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 12:16 -0500, Bob McClure Jr wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 04:09:55AM -0700, Eric John wrote: > > whenever i try to use ./configure, it says > > > > 'checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no > > configure: error: installation or configuration > > problem: C compiler cannot create executables.' > > > > my questions are: > > > > 1 - how do I get the compiler to work? > > Make sure you have all the development tools installed. > > > 2 - why isnt it working, or how do I find out, > > At a minimum, you need the gcc and binutils RPMs. To see if you have > them: > > rpm -q gcc binutils If you don't have them installed and you have the installation CDs handy, run "system-install-packages", select the "Development" and "Legacy Development" package groups and install them. > > 3 - how do I get the update icon back in the lower > > right corner (I found out what remove <whatever> does) > > Not sure - I don't use that window manager (I use AfterStep or > IceWM). I think you can right-click on a blank area of the toolbar > and you will have the ability to install app launcher or mini-apps - > you want the latter, I think. Yes, right click on the blank menu bar where it used to be, then select "Application Launcher", click on "Forward", then go down to "System Tools", expand that list and select "Red Hat Network Alert Icon" and click on the "Add" button. That should do it. > > and > > > > 4 - what is the freenode address and irc server for > > red hat support issues again, I can't seem to find it > > Google is your friend. I searched for "redhat freenode irc" and the > first item up was this: > > http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/communicate/ > > > Thanks > > Cheers, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@vitalstream.com - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Overweight: When you step on your dog's tail...and it dies. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Redhat-install-list mailing list Redhat-install-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to: redhat-install-list-request@redhat.com Subject: unsubscribe </whatever></blockquote> <hr size=1>Get your own <a href=" http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43290/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains" >web address for just $1.99/1st yr</a>. We'll help. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/" >Yahoo! Small Business</a>.