Why do I get "configure:error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH" when installing GCC on my Apache server? - apache

Question

I'm attempting to install GCC 4.5.1 on my Apache server, but it says there is no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH. Any suggestions on what to do would be greatly appreciated.
When I use echo $PATH it prints:
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/:/var/lib/:/usr/share/
These are the commands I used to configure GCC:
sudo mkdir /usr/bin/gcc/
cd /usr/bin/gcc/
sudo /gcc-4.5.1/configure
These are the results of those commands:
checking build system type...
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking
host system type...
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking
target system type...
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking
for a BSD-compatible install...
/usr/bin/install -c checking
whether ln works... yes checking
whether ln -s works... yes
checking for a sed that does not
truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for gawk... no checking
for mawk... mawk checking for
gcc... no checking for cc...
no checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: in
'/usr/bin/gcc:'` configure: error:
no acceptable C compiler found in
$PATH See 'config.log' for more
details.
The file config.log contains:
This file contains any messages
produced by compilers while running
configure, to aid debugging if
configure makes a mistake.
It was created by configure, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.64.
Invocation command line was
$ /gcc-4.5.1/configure
---------
Platform.
---------
hostname = wordpress-juicesite uname
-m = x86_64 uname -r = 2.6.31-302-rs uname -s = Linux uname -v = #7 SMP Thu
Oct 29 22:57:03 UTC 2009
/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown /bin/uname
-X = unknown
/bin/arch = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown
PATH: /usr/local/sbin PATH:
/usr/local/bin PATH: /usr/sbin PATH:
/usr/bin PATH: /sbin PATH: /bin PATH:
/usr/X11R6/bin
-----------
Core tests.
-----------
configure:2429: checking build system
type configure:2443: result:
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:2490: checking host system
type configure:2503: result:
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:2523: checking target system
type configure:2536: result:
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:2590: checking for a
BSD-compatible install configure:2658:
result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:2669: checking whether ln
works configure:2691: result: yes
configure:2695: checking whether ln -s
works configure:2699: result: yes
configure:2706: checking for a sed
that does not truncate output
configure:2770: result: /bin/sed
configure:2779: checking for gawk
configure:2809: result: no
configure:2779: checking for mawk
configure:2795: found /usr/bin/mawk
configure:2806: result: mawk
configure:4039: checking for gcc
configure:4069: result: no
configure:4132: checking for cc
configure:4179: result: no
configure:4235: checking for cl.exe
configure:4265: result: no
configure:4289: error: in
/usr/bin/gcc': configure:4292: error:
no acceptable C compiler found in
$PATH Seeconfig.log' for more
details.
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configure: exit 1

Answer 1

Are you trying to build gcc from source ? Then you need a compiler to compile it.. (that's a Catch 22...).
Can't you install a binary package with the compiler already compiled ?