gcc handles C++ as well as C and a few others. Was there anything before the
line that said it didn't find a C++ compiler? Did it say what command it
tried to use?
Someone else will probably know what executable is usually used to compile
C++. I can't remember offhand since I don't use it.
--- "Robert N. Eaton" <
moth28@cox.net> wrote:
> Because I can't get my installed flash player to play nicely with
> Firefox, I thought I would try gnash-0.7.1. After I untarred and
> unzipped it, I invoked ./configure, and got
>
> <snip>
>
> checking for C++ compiler default output file name... configure: error:
> C++ compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
> I opened `config.log' and found, among other things...
>
> PATH: /usr/local/bin
> PATH: /usr/bin
> PATH: /bin
> PATH: /usr/bin/X11
> PATH: /usr/games
>
>
> and...
>
> configure:2689: checking for c++
> configure:2718: result: no
>
> I did a locate search for c++ and found...
>
> /usr/bin/c++filt
> /usr/include/c++
> /usr/include/c++/3.3
> .......
>
> Since there were a lot of entries in /usr/include/c++, I concluded that
> it was indeed installed (correct me if I'm wrong.) If it is installed
> there, how do I install /usr/include in the PATH statement? Or should I
> mv or cp the c++ directory to, say, /usr/local/bin? Or should I merely
> ln -s the two directories???
>
> Help.
>
> Bob Eaton
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