installing python2.4.1

[Belyh G.P.]

While I try to install python arise an error:

I type
./configure
....
....
checking for g++ ... no
checking for gcc ... gcc
checking for C++ compiler default output file name ... configure: error:
C++ compiler cannot create executables
See 'config.log' for more details.


config.log is

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

It was created by python configure 2.4, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59. Invocation command line was

$ ./configure

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = zope
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.6.8-2-686
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 Mon Jan 24 03:58:38 EST 2005

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown

/bin/arch = i686
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown

PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /usr/bin/X11
PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1444: checking MACHDEP
configure:1578: result: linux2
configure:1584: checking EXTRAPLATDIR
configure:1599: result:
configure:1618: checking for --without-gcc
configure:1667: result: no
configure:1673: checking for --with-cxx=<compiler>
configure:1694: result: no
configure:1713: checking for c++
configure:1742: result: no
configure:1713: checking for g++
configure:1742: result: no
configure:1713: checking for gcc
configure:1729: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:1739: result: gcc
configure:1779: checking for C++ compiler default output file name
configure:1782: gcc conftest.cc >&5
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': No such file or directory
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^6
Where I can find "conftest.cc" or "cc1plus" ? I cannot find both in
archive... (archive is "Python-2.4.1.tgz" from
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/Python-2.4.1.tgz). It's my
problem or no?
configure:1785: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h. */
|
| #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
| #define _NETBSD_SOURCE 1
| #define __BSD_VISIBLE 1
| #define _BSD_TYPES 1
| #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
| #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1
| #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200112L
| /* end confdefs.h. */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
| ;
| return 0;
| }
configure:1824: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

## ---------------- ##
## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##

ac_cv_env_CC_set=
ac_cv_env_CC_value=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPP_set=
ac_cv_env_CPP_value=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
ac_cv_prog_CXX=gcc

## ----------------- ##
## Output variables. ##
## ----------------- ##

AR=''
BASECFLAGS=''
BLDLIBRARY=''
BLDSHARED=''
BUILDEXEEXT=''
CC=''
CCSHARED=''
CFLAGS=''
CFLAGSFORSHARED=''
CONFIGURE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=''
CONFIG_ARGS=''
CPP=''
CPPFLAGS=''
CXX='gcc'
DEFS=''
DLINCLDIR=''
DLLLIBRARY=''
DYNLOADFILE=''
ECHO_C=''
ECHO_N='-n'
ECHO_T=''
EGREP=''
EXEEXT=''
EXTRAMACHDEPPATH=''
EXTRAPLATDIR=''
HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME=''
HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R=''
HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_3_ARG=''
HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_5_ARG=''
HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_6_ARG=''
INSTALL_DATA=''
INSTALL_PROGRAM=''
INSTALL_SCRIPT=''
INSTSONAME=''
LDFLAGS=''
LDLAST=''
LDLIBRARY=''
LDLIBRARYDIR=''
LDSHARED=''
LIBC=''
LIBM=''
LIBOBJS=''
LIBRARY=''
LIBS=''
LIBTOOL_CRUFT=''
LINKCC=''
LINKFORSHARED=''
LN=''
LTLIBOBJS=''
MACHDEP='linux2'
MACHDEP_OBJS=''
MAINOBJ='python.o'
OBJEXT=''
OPT=''
OTHER_LIBTOOL_OPT=''
PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='http://www.python.org/python-bugs'
PACKAGE_NAME='python'
PACKAGE_STRING='python 2.4'
PACKAGE_TARNAME='python'
PACKAGE_VERSION='2.4'
PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
PYTHONFRAMEWORK=''
PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR='no-framework'
PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR=''
PYTHONFRAMEWORKPREFIX=''
RANLIB=''
RUNSHARED=''
SGI_ABI=''
SHELL='/bin/sh'
SHLIBS=''
SIGNAL_OBJS=''
SO=''
SOVERSION='1.0'
SRCDIRS=''
THREADHEADERS=''
THREADOBJ=''
TRUE=''
UNICODE_OBJS=''
USE_SIGNAL_MODULE=''
USE_THREAD_MODULE=''
VERSION='2.4'
ac_ct_CC=''
ac_ct_RANLIB=''
bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
build_alias=''
datadir='${prefix}/share'
exec_prefix='NONE'
host_alias=''
includedir='${prefix}/include'
infodir='${prefix}/info'
libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
mandir='${prefix}/man'
oldincludedir='/usr/include'
prefix='NONE'
program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
target_alias=''

## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

#define _BSD_TYPES 1
#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
#define _NETBSD_SOURCE 1
#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200112L
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1
#define __BSD_VISIBLE 1

configure: exit 77

 

[Grig Gheorghiu]

I had a similar problem when trying to compile Python 2.4.1 on AIX. The
configure script complained about not finding 'cc_r'. I simply did 'ln
-s /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc_r' and that solved my problem. You may
consider doing the same for cclplus.

Grig

 

[Belyh G.P.]

I had a similar problem when trying to compile Python 2.4.1 on AIX. The
configure script complained about not finding 'cc_r'. I simply did 'ln
-s /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/cc_r' and that solved my problem. You may
consider doing the same for cclplus.

Grig

Thank for your letter.
Advice has helped me, but not absolutely as I expected . Now instead
of a mistake installation process stoped and not responsed. So I shall
use the old Python(2.1.3) while has not arrived yet our manager. Once
again thank.

 

[TPJ]

There are two things I don't like about messages you got.

checking for g++ ... no
and

C++ compiler cannot create executables

There are two possibilities I can think of now. The first is you have
no g++ installed. In this case you should install it (I think it would
be very easy, you could install it from the proper deb package).

The second is there is a working g++, but ./configure fails to detect
it.

BTW: Have you tried to compile a simple C program by yourself?