compiling source: "no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH"

Edmund

Hi

I downloaded a package "asterisk" a voip softphone application.
Now I need to make it work :-)

( The installed ekigi and linphone did not work very well
with my voipbuster account )

../configure gave me :"no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH"

What package do I need for this and do I need to edit this path,
if so how?

If I need to install some complete package, this is how my
/etc/apt/sources.list looks now, do I need to add some
sources here too?

d@debian:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list
#
deb etch main
deb-src etch main
deb etch non-free
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1
20070407-11:55]/ etch contrib main


Edmund

Mumia W.

On 07/13/2007 05:33 AM, Edmund wrote:
> Hi
>
> I downloaded a package "asterisk" a voip softphone application.
> Now I need to make it work :-)
>
> ( The installed ekigi and linphone did not work very well
> with my voipbuster account )
>
> ../configure gave me :"no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH"
>
> What package do I need for this and do I need to edit this path,
> if so how?
>
> If I need to install some complete package, this is how my
> /etc/apt/sources.list looks now, do I need to add some
> sources here too?
>
> d@debian:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list
> #
> deb etch main
> deb-src etch main
> deb etch non-free
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1
> 20070407-11:55]/ etch contrib main
>
>
> Edmund

Build dependencies are packages that are required in order to build a
package from the source.

# man apt-get
# apt-get build-dep asterisk

But why are you trying to build from the source? It looks like asterisk
1.2.13~dfsg-2 was built for Etch.

Edmund

Mumia W. wrote:
> On 07/13/2007 05:33 AM, Edmund wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I downloaded a package "asterisk" a voip softphone application.
>> Now I need to make it work :-)
>>
>> ( The installed ekigi and linphone did not work very well
>> with my voipbuster account )
>>
>> ../configure gave me :"no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH"
>>
>> What package do I need for this and do I need to edit this path,
>> if so how?
>>
>> If I need to install some complete package, this is how my
>> /etc/apt/sources.list looks now, do I need to add some
>> sources here too?
>>
>> d@debian:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list
>> #
>> deb etch main
>> deb-src etch main
>> deb etch non-free
>> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1
>> 20070407-11:55]/ etch contrib main
>>
>>
>> Edmund
>
> Build dependencies are packages that are required in order to build a
> package from the source.
>
> # man apt-get
> # apt-get build-dep asterisk
>
> But why are you trying to build from the source? It looks like asterisk
> 1.2.13~dfsg-2 was built for Etch.

Hmmm I am not familiar with these Linux names, I searched for phone,
voip etc in synaptic and I didn't recognize "asterisk" as a voip thing.

Even now, in synaptic it is not very clear asterisk is a voip program.
After selecting it with synaptic and "apply" I cannot find the program
on my computer, not with "search for files" or anything?

I am rather new to Linux and I like it very much, but this puzzles me.
How do I find and start this asterisk1.2.13-dfsg-2 ??

Anyway in the mean time I found that "Twinkle" works
with my voipbuster account. But before one find "twinkle"
while searching for Voip or phone is a different story.


Edmund
>
>

Mumia W.

On 07/16/2007 10:36 AM, Edmund wrote:
> Mumia W. wrote:
>> [...]
>> But why are you trying to build from the source? It looks like
>> asterisk 1.2.13~dfsg-2 was built for Etch.
>
> Hmmm I am not familiar with these Linux names, I searched for phone,
> voip etc in synaptic and I didn't recognize "asterisk" as a voip thing.
>
> Even now, in synaptic it is not very clear asterisk is a voip program.
> After selecting it with synaptic and "apply" I cannot find the program
> on my computer, not with "search for files" or anything?
>

Information about how to use the program should be in
/usr/share/doc/asterisk/ and /usr/share/doc/asterisk-config/.

> I am rather new to Linux and I like it very much, but this puzzles me.
> How do I find and start this asterisk1.2.13-dfsg-2 ??
>

You would search in synaptic by "description and name" for the words
"voice over ip"; asterisk will appear at the top of the output.
1.2.13-dfsg-2 is the version string.

> Anyway in the mean time I found that "Twinkle" works
> with my voipbuster account. But before one find "twinkle"
> while searching for Voip or phone is a different story.
>
>
> Edmund
>>
>>

Well you seem not to need asterisk any more. I'm glad you solved it.

Chris Davies

Edmund <> wrote:
> I downloaded a package "asterisk" a voip softphone application.
> Now I need to make it work :-)

Asterisk isn't a VoIP softphone; it's a full blown PBX.

> ( The installed ekigi and linphone did not work very well
> with my voipbuster account )

Linphone is /very/ basic. Try twinkle

> ./configure gave me :"no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH"

(Why on earth are you compiling from source?) This mean's you've not got
a development environment. No C compiler, and probably no includes,
libraries, and whatnot.

> What package do I need for this [...]

gcc

> d@debian:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list

> deb etch main
> deb-src etch main
> deb etch non-free
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1
> 20070407-11:55]/ etch contrib main

I suggest that unless you know you want to compile from source, you
comment out the deb-src line. The deb http... lines can be merged:

deb etch main non-free

You might want "contrib" on the end there, too.

Chris