Re: gcc: "cannot create executables" (confused now)

[D-Man <dsh8290@rit.edu>]

(BTW, I'm assuming you don't know how to program)

Try pasting the following into a file (call it foo.c) and then run
the command:

$ gcc foo.c
$ ./a.out

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/* this is the text to put in a file */
#include <stdio.h>

int
main( int argc , char** argv )
{
	printf( "Hello World.\n" ) ;
	return 0 ;
}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If that works (doesn't give any errors, prints Hello World), then your
C compiler is working.  Try the command

$ rm a.out
$ g++ foo.c++
$ ./a.out


with the following in the file "foo.c++"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// include this text in foo.c++

#include <iostream>

int
main( int argc , char** argv )
{
	cout << "Hello World from C++." << endl ;
	return 0 ;
}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If that works (again, no errors, prints Hello World from C++), then
your C++ compiler is working.


If either of those don't work, report the file contents (in case a
typo was made) and the error messages (with the shell commands, of
course) to the list.

HTH,
-D


PS.  Say, do you have write permission on the directory you are
running configure in?  Is the disk full?