On 2011-02-17 20:02 +0100, Paul Cartwright wrote: > # apt-get install build-essentials > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Couldn't find package build-essentials > > > I think I am having some repository issue??
The above error is no indication for that, because you want the package "build-essential", without a trailing 's'. > aptitude update gives me this: > Err http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Sources > 404 Not Found [IP: 204.152.191.39 80] > Err http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Sources > 404 Not Found [IP: 204.152.191.39 80] > Err http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources > 404 Not Found [IP: 204.152.191.39 80] > > cat /etc/apt/sources.list > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free > deb http://security.us.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free > deb http://tovid.sourceforge.net/download/debian lenny contrib > deb-src http://tovid.sourceforge.net/download/debian lenny contrib > deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ lenny non-free > deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free There is no entry for "http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib" here, so I have no clue why aptitude throws these errors. Note that the IP for ftp.us.debian.org is subject to change due to DNS round robin. > I think I have removed some apps that I need to configure source packages. Or maybe not. > when I try to do a sh ./configure now I get errors: > # sh ./configure > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p > checking for gawk... gawk > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no > checking for style of include used by make... GNU > checking for gcc... gcc > checking whether the C compiler works... yes > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out > checking for suffix of executables... > checking whether we are cross compiling... configure: error: in > /disk2/software/cheese-2.32.0': > configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. > If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'. > See `config.log' for more details. > > configure:3086: checking for gcc > configure:3102: found /usr/bin/gcc > configure:3113: result: gcc > configure:3342: checking for C compiler version > configure:3351: gcc --version >&5 > gcc-4.3.real (Debian 4.3.4-10) 4.3.4 > gcc version 4.3.4 (Debian 4.3.4-10) > configure:3362: $? = 0 > configure:3351: gcc -V >&5 > gcc-4.3.real: '-V' option must have argument > configure:3362: $? = 1 > configure:3351: gcc -qversion >&5 > gcc-4.3.real: unrecognized option '-qversion' > gcc-4.3.real: no input files > configure:3362: $? = 1 > configure:3382: checking whether the C compiler works > configure:3404: gcc conftest.c >&5 > configure:3408: $? = 0 > configure:3457: result: yes > configure:3460: checking for C compiler default output file name > configure:3462: result: a.out > configure:3468: checking for suffix of executables > configure:3475: gcc -o conftest conftest.c >&5 > configure:3479: $? = 0 > configure:3501: result: > configure:3523: checking whether we are cross compiling > configure:3531: gcc -o conftest conftest.c >&5 > configure:3535: $? = 0 > configure:3542: ./conftest > ./configure: line 3544: ./conftest: Permission denied My crystal ball tells me that the filesystem where you ran this is mounted with the "noexec" option. Fix this and retry. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r5b6cvqa....@turtle.gmx.de