tonj wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Mattinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <dovecot@dovecot.org> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:47 PM > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] dovecot-1.1.3 failure to install > > >> tonj wrote: >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf Hildebrandt" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <dovecot@dovecot.org> >>> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:33 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] dovecot-1.1.3 failure to install >>> >>> >>>> * tonj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> >>>>> checking for gcc... no >>>>> checking for cc... no >>>>> checking for cl.exe... no >>>>> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH >>>> >>>> No compiler, no compilation. Easy? >>> >>> not for a newbie no. >>> what's a complier? >> >> It compiles source code into a binary executable. > > so where does a newbie get this complier?
GCC is pretty popular. Or go grab binary packages from whatever distro you're using. ~Seth
