Losing my C compiler after multilib
by Scribtor from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4RDXR)
The problem is just as the title suggests:
I install a fresh version of slackware64-current (although the usb stick is circa one month behind the latest, latest) and I first install the multilib, since I need to use 32bit wine.
I followed the
http://www.slackware.com/~alien/multilib/
to a T, that is to say, I followed only the fast-track part since that was what worked the last time.
The process of downloading and upgrading packages goes off without a hitch, or at least without an abort or fatal error,
but upon attempting to download and use SB for wine,
I received an error saying "checking whether C compiler works...no" and after that, it's aborted.
I tried SBing other software, i.e cabextract (also from SB, a requirement of winetricks) but the same error is returned, mentioning a "confdefs.h" header file,
(whether because that is the first header file in the list or because it is actually required for compilation, is beyond me and not mentioned in the config.log)
being inaccessible to the program, in BOTH the wine and cabextract SB.
I re-installed Slack again, and first and only thing I ran is try to SB the "cabextract" (since that doesn't require any other dependencies) and it compiled properly and without an issue
What I have here is obviously not related to wine, and not related to slackware64, but only to what does the above mentioned link and its instructions do on my system, to make my C compiler disappear...
I'm open to ideas and suggestions.
I install a fresh version of slackware64-current (although the usb stick is circa one month behind the latest, latest) and I first install the multilib, since I need to use 32bit wine.
I followed the
http://www.slackware.com/~alien/multilib/
to a T, that is to say, I followed only the fast-track part since that was what worked the last time.
The process of downloading and upgrading packages goes off without a hitch, or at least without an abort or fatal error,
but upon attempting to download and use SB for wine,
I received an error saying "checking whether C compiler works...no" and after that, it's aborted.
I tried SBing other software, i.e cabextract (also from SB, a requirement of winetricks) but the same error is returned, mentioning a "confdefs.h" header file,
(whether because that is the first header file in the list or because it is actually required for compilation, is beyond me and not mentioned in the config.log)
being inaccessible to the program, in BOTH the wine and cabextract SB.
I re-installed Slack again, and first and only thing I ran is try to SB the "cabextract" (since that doesn't require any other dependencies) and it compiled properly and without an issue
What I have here is obviously not related to wine, and not related to slackware64, but only to what does the above mentioned link and its instructions do on my system, to make my C compiler disappear...
I'm open to ideas and suggestions.