[Gllug] Mysql Configure problem

[James Bailey]

> I'm trying to install Mysql-3.23.52 from a tarball on a 
> pretty standard
> Red Hat 8.0 installation. When I run the configure command: 
> 
> # LDFLAGS="static" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql_3.23.52
> --localstatedir=/usr/local/mysql/var/
> 
> I get the following error message: 
> 
> checking for mawk... no
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler
> cannot create executables
> 
> Now i've installed the same tarball on 2 Red Hat 7.1 boxes with no
> problem at all. Have I not got a specific library installed. 
> I've re-run
> RH8 install to make sure i have ALL Languages and associated 
> Development
> rpm's installed but still no joy.
> 
> Grateful for any help that you can give.

Try whereis gcc, gawk etc. but it looks like that for some reason you don't
have the gcc compiler installed.  Have you been able to compile other apps?

Peace Jim

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