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Kevin

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Jul 26, 2009, 6:24:25 PM7/26/09
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I am trying to compile Python 2.6.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.7. I have Xcode
3.1.3 installed.

The error I got is below.

$ ./configure --prefix=/Users/me/python
checking for --with-universal-archs... 32-bit
checking MACHDEP... darwin
checking EXTRAPLATDIR... $(PLATMACDIRS)
checking machine type as reported by uname -m... i386
checking for --without-gcc... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

Please send any ideas.

Diez B. Roggisch

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Jul 26, 2009, 6:46:01 PM7/26/09
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Kevin schrieb:

> I am trying to compile Python 2.6.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.7. I have Xcode
> 3.1.3 installed.
>
> The error I got is below.
>
> $ ./configure --prefix=/Users/me/python

Use a framework-build.

> checking for --with-universal-archs... 32-bit
> checking MACHDEP... darwin
> checking EXTRAPLATDIR... $(PLATMACDIRS)
> checking machine type as reported by uname -m... i386
> checking for --without-gcc... no
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name...
> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
> Please send any ideas.

What happens if you write a simple test.c like this:


int main() {
return 0;
}


and compile it with gcc on the commandline? There must be a file called
"a.out" afterwards.

diez

Kevin

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Jul 28, 2009, 2:02:30 AM7/28/09
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I have solved my problem. I think something was wrong with my
compiler. After I installed Xcode again, I was able to compile with
no problems.

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