I am trying to compile PHP5, and get this message: Checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no # ./configure --with-mysqli=/usr/src/php-5.0.3/ext/ --with-gd loading cache ./config.cache checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1 checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables. # rpm -qa | grep gcc gcc-java-3.4.2-6.fc3 gcc-g77-3.4.2-6.fc3 libgcc-3.4.2-6.fc3 gcc-c++-3.4.2-6.fc3 gcc-3.4.2-6.fc3 # which gcc /usr/bin/gcc Does anyone know what this means, or how to correct it? Thank

Still not worked it out, but it looks as though the compiler doesn't work. When I ran the above configure command it produced the following log file: Contents of config.log: #> cat config.log This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. configure:1631: checking host system type configure:1719: checking for gcc configure:1832: checking whether the C compiler (cc ) works configure:1848: cc -o conftest conftest.c 1>&5 /usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure: failed program was: #line 1843 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" main(){return(0);} I did some further tests on the C Compiler and got the following results: First I created a c file as shown: #> cat x.c main() { printf("Hello World!\n"); } Then I tried to compile it: #> cc x.c /usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status #> gcc x.c /usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory collect2: ld returned 1 exit status This shows the c compiler doesn't work, but I am still stuck.

> This shows the c compiler doesn't work, but I am still stuck. No. This shows the "crt1.o" file doesn't exists. If you're usind Debian you might do: bash# dpkg -S crt1.o bash# ldconfig -might be useful too or simply (re)installing the package that provides crt1.o

I managed to download some RPMs for this as follows which got the C compiler to work. I don't know which one did this exactly: glibc-* libc-* This meant I could compile my test C program, but still have more errors, but it has progressed a lot. I will post again for the new problems.

Post again, then, and use -v (be verbose).