On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > I'm trying to compile emacs-24 on a newly installed squeeze system. > > I get the error C compiler cannot create executables > > Googling on that, gets several different answers. > > apt-get install build-essentials (didn't didn't help) > > apt-get install g++ (didn't help) > apt-get install libc-dev (didn't help) > > checking `aptitude search gcc|less' I see too many pkgs to start > guessing what I need. > > Can anyone tell me what I need for the compiler to work building emacs?
Can you grab an older Debian source package and build from that, first, for a guideline? "apt-get source emacs" sould be a good start. -- 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/banlktin7h8_-sne-5zczoxiydwrruah...@mail.gmail.com
