[Aspell-user] Red Hat Enterprise AS 3 install problems

[Simone, John]

When I attempt to install aspell on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3, I get the following result:

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 a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking for C++ compiler default output file name... configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

I then checked config.log which showed:

configure:1565: checking build system type
configure:1583: result: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure:1591: checking host system type
configure:1605: result: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure:1613: checking target system type
configure:1627: result: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure:1655: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:1710: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:1721: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:1764: result: yes
configure:1829: checking for gawk
configure:1845: found /bin/gawk
configure:1855: result: gawk
configure:1865: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:1885: result: yes
configure:2056: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles
configure:2065: result: no
configure:2241: checking for g++
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for c++
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for gpp
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for aCC
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for CC
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for cxx
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for cc++
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for cl
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for FCC
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for KCC
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for RCC
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for xlC_r
configure:2270: result: no
configure:2241: checking for xlC
configure:2270: result: no

configure:2283: checking for C++ compiler version
configure:2286: g++ --version </dev/null >&5
./configure: line 1: g++: command not found
configure:2289: $? = 127
configure:2291: g++ -v </dev/null >&5
./configure: line 1: g++: command not found
configure:2294: $? = 127
configure:2296: g++ -V </dev/null >&5
./configure: line 1: g++: command not found
configure:2299: $? = 127
configure:2322: checking for C++ compiler default output file name
configure:2325: g++    conftest.cc  >&5
./configure: line 1: g++: command not found
configure:2328: $? = 127
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h.  */
|
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "GNU Aspell"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "aspell"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.60.4"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "GNU Aspell 0.60.4"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
| #define PACKAGE "aspell"
| #define VERSION "0.60.4"
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:2367: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

When I run which g++ I get nothing.  I do have gcc installed.  When I run which gcc I get: /usr/bin/gcc.

 

Do I need to set an environment variable?  If so, how do I do that?  I'm rather ignorant in this area.

 

John