Re: C Compiler

[Martin Dickopp <martin-deb@zero-based.org>]

"Edwards, Thomas W." <TWEdwards@cimplify.net> writes:

> I am attempting to install mysql , while compiling I get an error that
> says C Compiler cannot create executables?  Does this error sound
> familiar?
>
> I put the log below, is there another file necessary for this or is it a
> permissions issue.  Thanks.
>>From Config Log:
>
> configure:2619: checking for C compiler default output
> configure:2622: gcc     conftest.c  >&5
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot open crt1.o: No such file or directory
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Sounds like libc6-dev is not installed.

(If you encounter an error message like the one I underlined,
you can find out which package contains the file at
<http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents>).

Martin


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