Let's take this back to the mailing list. On 1/26/12 4:40 AM, OYEDAPO OLUFEMI wrote: > I have started the download and i received another error: > > > > configure: error: in `/var/tmp/oct-b4ooPG/miscellaneous-1.0.11/src': > configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables > See `config.log' for more details
Look for /var/tmp/oct-b4ooPG/miscellaneous-1.0.11/src/config.log. Open it up and look for "checking for gcc". There should be some text after that indicating what is being run to check whether it works, and then the "no" message. Post the text between and including those two lines. > the configure script returned the following error: checking for gcc... > /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 > checking whether the C compiler works... no > error: called from `pkg>configure_make' in file > /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/3.4.0/m/pkg/pkg.m > near line 1325, column 9 > error: called from: > error: > /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/3.4.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at > line 783, column 5 > error: > /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/3.4.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at > line 354, column 9 > > > > > > James > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev