The below is a error that I get when trying to install "CenterICQ" in my terminal window of MACOSX Jaguar. Does anyone know how I can fix this error?

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[Betty:~] andrew% cd incoming
[Betty:~/incoming] andrew% cd centericq
[Betty:~/incoming/centericq] andrew% ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... no
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.3
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
[Betty:~/incoming/centericq] andrew%

It is looking for a compiler. Usually, on a Linux platform would include either GCC (The GNU C Compiler) or just CC (C Compiler), I don't know what compiler OSX comes with.

Either it is not installed (doubtful, since it is based on FreeBSD, I think), or it is not located in its normal places. You can try typing "export" without the quotes and look for your $PATH variable. Make sure you see "/usr/bin" in there.

Code:

jurbanek@home:~$ export declare -x HOME="/home/jurbanek" declare -x HOSTNAME="home.dwave.net" declare -x HOSTTYPE="i386" declare -x LESS="-M" declare -x LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s" declare -x LOGNAME="jurbanek" declare -x declare -x LS_OPTIONS=" --color=auto -F -b -T 0" declare -x MACHTYPE="i386-slackware-linux-gnu" declare -x MAIL="/var/spool/mail/jurbanek" declare -x MANPATH="/usr/local/man:/usr/man/preformat:/usr/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/openwin/man" declare -x MINICOM="-c on" declare -x MOZILLA_HOME="/usr/lib/netscape" declare -x OPENWINHOME="/usr/openwin" declare -x OSTYPE="linux-gnu" declare -x PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/games:." declare -x PS1="\\u@\\h:\\w\\\$ " declare -x PS2="> " declare -x PWD="/home/jurbanek" declare -x SHELL="/bin/bash" declare -x SHLVL="1" declare -x SSH2_CLIENT="206.176.200.24 2189 206.176.192.7 22" declare -x TERM="linux" declare -x USER="jurbanek" declare -x ignoreeof="10"

If you see toward the bottom where it says "PATH", yours should look something like that. Make sure that /usr/bin" is in there, as mentioned earlier.

If you don't see it in there, search for gcc or cc, however you do your searching. I find using find and grep works quite nicely.

Sorry for the confusion, but to sum this up. The configure script is searching for a compiler and cannot find one. You either don't have it or have it located in an odd spot (Not in the PATH). If you can't find it, you should go to gnu.org and download the gcc compiler. Believe me, you will need it.

-Weaver

DON'T LISTEN TO MY PREVIOUS POST.

I have been informed by a MAC GURU...

In the Jaguar box, there should be a CD marked "Developer's Tools" or something similar. Install these tools from the Developer's Tools CD. The package should be called Developer.mpkg or something similar. This will install GCC. Do it that way.

Your CD may contain an older version of Developer's Tools.

The latest can be found at http://developer.apple.com/tools/macosxtools.html

Have fun, and sorry about what I said earlier... I WAS WRONG.

-Weaver

Yeah, make sure to install the December 2002 dev tools package. This includes a variety of useful tools - like gcc3 (and gcc2). Installing this "update" will fix your issue with ./configure not succeeding.

Be warned though, centericq is marked as unstable in Fink's database... (http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/centericq)

Did it ever work for you, don't leave us hanging...

-Weaver