vincent blondel writes: > Hi all, > > I am trying to compile all packages for a Linux from Scratch installation > but I encounter problem with the compilation. > I am using Mandrake 8.2 on a AMD Athlon Xp1600+ and I got following > messages. > > checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu > checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu > checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu > checking for gcc... gcc > checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler > cannot create executables > > Has somebody an idea to solve this problem ???
Review config.log? There are many different possible reasons for this: no write permission in current directory, auxiliary compiler packages (such as binutils) not installed etc.