Why does configure say no C compiler found when GCC is installed?

Question

I am trying to make Sphinx from source on a 32-bit CentOS 6 VPS.

When I run this command:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/sphinx

I get this error output:

checking build environment
--------------------------

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 compiler programs
------------------------------

checking whether to compile debug version... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: in `/home/gnotes/sphinx':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

What I don't understand is that GCC is installed so why can't configure find an acceptable C compiler?

Here's the output of yum:

sudo yum install gcc

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.metrocast.net
 * extras: centos.mirror.constant.com
 * updates: mirror.lug.udel.edu
base                                                                                                                                                                      | 3.7 kB     00:00     
extras                                                                                                                                                                    | 3.5 kB     00:00     
updates                                                                                                                                                                   | 3.4 kB     00:00     
Setting up Install Process
Package gcc-4.4.7-3.el6.i686 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

What gives?

score 39 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 18 '16 at 09:28

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try yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

if the installation is success then you will have a full set of development tools. Such as gcc, g++, make, ld ect. After that you can try the compilation of Code Blocks again.

Since yum is deprecated you can use dnf instead:

dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"

edited Mar 18 '16 at 09:28

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kds

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score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '15 at 14:09

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Install GCC in Ubuntu Debian Base

sudo apt-get install build-essential

answered Apr 23 '15 at 14:09

Lakshmikandan

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subtle difference here – Félix Adriyel Gagnon-Grenier Apr 23 '15 at 15:45

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 14 '13 at 01:18

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i have same problem at the moment. I just run yum install gcc

answered Dec 14 '13 at 01:18

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Yea you might not necessarily need everything that comes with Development Tools – Reza S Jan 23 '14 at 04:04

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 06 '13 at 09:32

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Try specifying CC while configuring:

CC=/usr/bin/gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/sphinx

Also check if your compiler produces executables. The following should produce an a.out:

echo "int main(){0;}" | gcc -x c -

answered Aug 06 '13 at 09:32

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 06 '13 at 09:21

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Maybe gcc is not in your path? Try finding gcc using which gcc and add it to your path if it's not already there.

answered Aug 06 '13 at 09:21

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`which gcc` outputs `/usr/bin/gcc` and `echo $PATH` outputs `/usr/local/jdk/bin:/home/gnotes/perl5/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/gnotes/bin`. How would I add it to the path? – Garry Pettet Aug 06 '13 at 09:22
How can I add to the .profile file? Is there a command for it? – Ron Jun 16 '16 at 13:54
[to-permanently-set-path-on-linux][1] [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14638025/1278112 – Shihe Zhang May 31 '17 at 05:48

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 24 '14 at 08:28

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Sometime gcc had created as /usr/bin/gcc32. so please create a ln -s /usr/bin/gcc32 /usr/bin/gcc and then compile that ./configure.

edited Nov 24 '14 at 08:28

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answered Nov 24 '14 at 07:37

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In that case I would suggest to instead do `CC=/usr/bin/gcc32 ./configure` instead, you should be careful when making symlinks in system directories like that since it might confuse your package manager if it would try to write to /usr/bin/gcc later. – Johan Bjäreholt Mar 09 '18 at 08:41

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 15 '16 at 07:04

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I had the same issue with mind. I tried using sudo apt-get install build-essential It still won't work. I simply created a hardlink to the gcc-x binary in the /usr/bin/ folder. sudo ls /usr/bin/gcc-x /usr/bin/gcc

That worked for me!

answered Mar 15 '16 at 07:04

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In that case I would suggest to instead do `CC=/usr/bin/gcc-x ./configure` instead, you should be careful when making symlinks in system directories like that since it might confuse your package manager if it would try to write to /usr/bin/gcc later. – Johan Bjäreholt Mar 09 '18 at 08:42

Lakshmikandan · Answer 8 · 2018-06-20T04:16:07.120

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The below packages are also helps you,

yum install gcc glibc glibc-common gd gd-devel -y

edited Jun 20 '18 at 04:16

answered Apr 23 '15 at 13:57

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Why does configure say no C compiler found when GCC is installed?

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