Re: [Bug-apl] Building on OS X 10.8.5 Mountain L ion - partly resolved….

[Juergen Sauermann]

Hi Peter,

I believe you should do something along the lines of:

CXX=llvm-gcc4 ./configure

/// Jürgen


On 03/11/2014 10:29 PM, Peter Teeson wrote:
> On 2014-03-11, at 4:30 PM, Peter Teeson <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Mac Pro Desktop dual quad core CPU's, Mountain Lion OS X 10.8.5
> >
> > I DL'd the 2014-01-13 APL 1.2 tar.gz and did ./configure.
> > Blew up because of
> > configure:2767: checking for gcc
> > configure:2797: result: no
> > configure:2860: checking for cc
> > configure:2907: result: no
> > configure:2963: checking for cl.exe
> > configure:2993: result: no
> > configure:3017: error: in `/Users/pteeson/Desktop/APL/apl-1.2':
> > configure:3020: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> > See `config.log' for more details.
> >
> > Apple's Xcode uses llvm-gcc4. I'm not deeply familiar with the whole GNU make 
> > system.
> > Do I need to set an environment var for gcc and cc?
> > Where is the proper place to do this? In configure.ac? AC_PROG_CXX AC_PROG_CC
> > Or some other way?
> >
> > Sorry to be so ignorant of naked unix but it's never been necessary for me to 
> > dig that deep.
> >
> > Thanks and respect….
> >
> > Peter Teeson (formerly a 14 year member of the IPSA zoo a.k.a. dev group)
> I booted into Lion OS X 10.7.6 and everything built and installed without a 
> hitch.
> Back in Mountain Lion I searched for llvm-gcc4 and it looks like it was not 
> installed by default from the Xcode package.
> Further digging uncovered this note in the "What's New in Xcode" document.
> "NOTE: LLVM_GCC is not included in Xcode 5"
>
> So that's where things stand right now. It seems to me there are a number of 
> options for 10.8 Mountain Lion and forward:
> (0) Install GCC4
> (1) Try to build using llvm-clang
> (2) Boot into 10.7 Lion to use APL
>
> Personally I don't mind trying to do what it takes to try (1). I have the time 
> ( I'm in my mid 70s) and some experience.
> But I'd need some guidance and help with the whole automake and friends to be 
> of any use.
>
> Seeking your advice ….
>
> respect….
>
> Peter