Failed Compilations

Another failed compilation? As usual, you’re missing a library. I’ve listed here the minimum packages you should have to avoid problems.

If you get a message like this during compilation:

  checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
  

This is typically the kind of error you might encounter. Install the following packages:

  gcc libc6 libc6-dev make autoconf
  

Also consider:

  glibc2 glibc2-dev
  

For Debian users like me:

  apt-get install libc6 libc6-dev make autoconf glibc2 glibc2-dev