Russell, Sounds like you don't have developer tools installed. You need the developer tools to build mysql on OSX. Though I think you can get hold of a pre-built distro as well - try versiontracker to find the link.
Peter > This is my first time installing MySQL. > > I'm attempting to install MySQL on my Apple PowerBook G4 OSX 10.2. > > After downloading and unpacking mysql-3.23.53.tar.gz, my attempt to > run ./configure failed. > > I'm including content from config.log, any help you might have would be > appreciated. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > configure:1047: PATH=".;."; conftest.sh > ./configure: conftest.sh: command not found > configure:1050: $? = 127 > configure:1090: checking build system type > configure:1108: result: powerpc-apple-darwin6.0 > configure:1118: checking host system type > configure:1132: result: powerpc-apple-darwin6.0 > configure:1142: checking target system type > configure:1156: result: powerpc-apple-darwin6.0 > configure:1185: checking for a BSD compatible install > configure:1234: result: /usr/bin/install -c > configure:1245: checking whether build environment is sane > configure:1263: result: yes > configure:1278: checking whether make sets ${MAKE} > configure:1302: result: no > configure:1326: checking for working aclocal > configure:1333: result: found > configure:1341: checking for working autoconf > configure:1352: result: missing > configure:1356: checking for working automake > configure:1363: result: found > configure:1371: checking for working autoheader > configure:1382: result: missing > configure:1386: checking for working makeinfo > configure:1393: result: found > configure:1476: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions > of Makefiles > configure:1485: result: no > configure:1498: checking whether build environment is sane > configure:1516: result: yes > configure:1519: checking whether make sets ${MAKE} > configure:1543: result: no > configure:1588: checking for mawk > configure:1614: result: no > configure:1588: checking for gawk > configure:1614: result: no > configure:1588: checking for nawk > configure:1614: result: no > configure:1588: checking for awk > configure:1603: found /usr/bin/awk > configure:1611: result: awk > configure:1664: checking for gcc > configure:1690: result: no > configure:1738: checking for cc > configure:1764: result: no > configure:1777: checking for cc > configure:1822: result: no > configure:1872: checking for cl > configure:1898: result: no > configure:1910: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > Thank you, > Russell Kenyon > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php