Hi, there. I need to post up a problem here about the tar.gz. file type i faced.I having problem installing these kind of file after i extracted it using the gunzip and tar -xf command. After changing to the file dirctory, the problem start when i type in the ./configure command.It pop out the error below: creating 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}... yes checking for working aclocal... missing checking for working autoconf... missing checking for working automake... missing checking for working autoheader... missing checking for working makeinfo... missing checking for gcc... no checking for cc... no configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH Can anyone help me with this, thanks

You need to install compilers and libraries in order to compile the source. You don't say what distro you are running but the easiest way to solve this is probably to install some of the development packages that came on the original install CDs.

you need to install a c compiler. Since you are installing from source, u need a compiler in your system which convert the soucre code to machine readable form (ie in to a bianry file). The configure script there is looking for gcc, which is a c compiler; after you install that youll proceed further. ASiF

thanks for the reply,i had done what have you all suggested which installing the packages for development and tried to reinstall the tar.gx file. Though, this time the problem that arise is: creating 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}... yes checking for working aclocal... found checking for working autoconf... found checking for working automake... found checking for working autoheader... found checking for working makeinfo... found checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for /usr/local/include/netclass.h... no configure: error: cannot find netclass.h header file. any comment or suggestion?Thanks

Sounds like you need netclass source...get it from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/netclass/

ok..done that one,netclass problem solve.Now : checking for /usr/local/include/neclientheaders.h... no configure: error: cannot find neclientheaders.h header file. where to find neclientheaders.h file?Thanks

Hmmm....not sure about that one. Have you checked on the software's homepage to see what dependencies the program requires? You could also see if there are any binaries available which would eliminate the need to compile. Alternatively you could see if there is an rpm, tgz, deb etc package available for your system depending on your distro....try somewhere like http://rpmfind.net