Re: [hylafax-users] Hylafax Compile error

["Josh Welch" <jwelch@buffalowildwings.com>]

Ashley Shaw said:
>
> Hi there everyone
>
> I have been have a few problems compiling hylafax 4.1.7. After I
> have typed
> this command ./configure, I get this output:
>
> woody:~/hylafax-4.1.7# ./configure
>
> Configuring HylaFAX (tm) (aka FlexFAX) 4.1.7.
>
> If configure does the wrong thing, check the file config.log for
> information that may help you understand what went wrong.
>
> Reading site-wide parameters from ./config.site.
> Oh no, not another i686-pc-linux-gnu system...
> Using /usr/bin/cc for a C compiler (set CC to override).
> Looks like /usr/bin/cc supports the -g option.
> Using " -g" for C compiler options.
> Looks like /usr/bin/cc has an ANSI C preprocessor.
> ... but __ANSI_CPP__ is not automatically defined, will compensate.
> Looks like /usr/bin/cc supports the -M option for generating make
> dependencies.
>
> Cannot locate a suitable C++ compiler.
>
> We attempted to compile the following test program:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> class foo {
> public:
>     struct bar {
>         int a;
>         bar();
>     };
>     foo();
> };
> foo::bar::bar() { a = 0; }
> foo::foo() { bar x; }
> int main() { foo t; return 0; }
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> with these compilers:
>
>      g++ gcc CC NCC DCC gcc2 xlC
>
> but none of them were successful.
>
> To build this software you need a C++ compiler that supports a
> reasonably modern version of C++.  In particular the compiler must
> support nested types and process temporary variables according to the
> ANSI Reference Manual (the ARM).
>
> If such a compiler is in a non-standard location, you can specify its
> location in several ways:
>
>     o set the environment variable CXX
>     o create a config.local or config.site file that includes a
>       definition for CXX
>     o supply it on the command line using -with-CXX=<pathname>
>
> If you are trying to use GNU gcc, but you do not have version 2.6.1
> or newer, then you must update your compiler (and probably libg++ as
> well) before you can compile this software.  Consult the documentation
> for information about obtaining an up-to-date version of gcc.
>
> Unrecoverable error!  Once youve: No such file or directory
>
> I have also included the "config.log" file with this email, which
> is what is
> suggested as the troubleshooting refernce.
>
> I would also like to say that I have installed different versions of "gcc"
> and "libg++", but there has been no luck.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance to anyone who has any suggestions as to a
> solution.
>
> Regard,
> ----------------------
> Technical Director
> Ashley Shaw
>
> LightSpeedDevelopment
> Tel: +27 21 426 5048
> Fax: +27 21 424 5633
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>

You need a c++ compiler, not gcc. I don't use debian, but the Red Hat RPM
package I
use is gcc-c++-2.96-81.

HTH,
Josh


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