[root@localhost ~]# cd msmtp-1.4.20
[root@localhost msmtp-1.4.20]# ./configurechecking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuchecking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuchecking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuchecking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -cchecking whether build environment is sane... yeschecking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -pchecking for gawk... gawkchecking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yeschecking for gcc... nochecking for cc... nochecking for cl.exe... noconfigure: error: in `/root/msmtp-1.4.20':configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATHSee `config.log' for more details.
I encountered this problem today when installing msmtp. The solution is as follows:
Install the GCC software suite
[root@localhost ~]# yum install gcc
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror01.idc.hinet.net
* extras: mirror01.idc.hinet.net
* updates: mirror01.idc.hinet.net
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package gcc.i386 0:4.1.2-50.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: cpp = 4.1.2-50.el5 for package: gcc
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-devel >= 2.2.90-12 for package: gcc
--> Running transaction check
---> Package cpp.i386 0:4.1.2-50.el5 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-58.el5_6.3 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.5-58.el5_6.3 for package: glibc-devel
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers for package: glibc-devel
--> Running transaction check
---> Package glibc-headers.i386 0:2.5-58.el5_6.3 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 for package: glibc-headers
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers for package: glibc-headers
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
gcc i386 4.1.2-50.el5 base 5.2 M
Installing for dependencies:
cpp i386 4.1.2-50.el5 base 2.7 M
glibc-devel i386 2.5-58.el5_6.3 updates 2.0 M
glibc-headers i386 2.5-58.el5_6.3 updates 603 k
kernel-headers i386 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 updates 1.1 M
Transaction Summary
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Install 5 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 12 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/5): glibc-headers-2.5-58.el5_6.3.i386.rpm | 603 kB 00:00 (2/5): kernel-headers-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.i386.rpm | 1.1 MB 00:00 (3/5): glibc-devel-2.5-58.el5_6.3.i386.rpm | 2.0 MB 00:00 (4/5): cpp-4.1.2-50.el5.i386.rpm | 2.7 MB 00:00 (5/5): gcc-4.1.2-50.el5.i386.rpm | 5.2 MB 00:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 5.1 MB/s | 12 MB 00:02 Running rpm_check_debugRunning Transaction TestFinished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : kernel-headers 1/5 Installing : cpp 2/5 Installing : glibc-headers 3/5 Installing : glibc-devel 4/5 Installing : gcc 5/5
Installed:
gcc.i386 0:4.1.2-50.el5
Dependency Installed:
cpp.i386 0:4.1.2-50.el5 glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-58.el5_6.3 glibc-headers.i386 0:2.5-58.el5_6.3 kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.18-238.9.1.el5
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# cd msmtp-1.4.20
[root@localhost msmtp-1.4.20]# ./configure
It worked! !