Dave Korn wrote: > On 19 November 2007 10:18, jameshanley39 wrote: > > > I tried these instructions. Involve downloading a corkscrew.tar.gz > > file using gunzip and then tar. to decompress it. > > Hopelessly editting a script file called "configure" . > > There was no need to do that, the supplied configure script is fine. > > > Then running that file. > > > > I get these errors. > > > > > > Current [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/corkscrew/corkscrew-2.0 > > $ ./configure > > 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... found > > checking for gcc... no > > checking for cc... no > > configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH > > The problem is you don't have any compiler installed; a basic > cygwin doesn't include it by default. Re-run setup.exe and select > the gcc- packages under the "Devel" category. > > > cheers, > DaveK
thanks, that works. also, a more obvious prerequisite for cygwin with corkscrew, is to download "make". `cos make is mentioned next in Corkscrew`s INSTALL and README file, and not installed by default by cygwin. -- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/