no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

C compiler cannot create executables

I'm sorry if this question has been answered before already but I wasn't able to find them.
I've been trying to use the command ./configure for a file that I downloaded from the instructions of a video.
At first, I was it was unable to find an acceptable GCC but I fixed it by deleting and putting the files back into usr/bin
Now when I type ./configure it pops up "configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables"
Can someone help me with this? It's driving me nuts!

Try reinstalling xCode.

Dysfunction said:

Try reinstalling xCode.

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I'm not sure if I did reinstall. I put in the Mac OS X Install dvd then >optional installs>xcode(something like that) and ran the intallation again. It is Xcode 3.1 and I'm on Snow Leopard.
I tried ./configure again and the same error popped up.

Might want to do an uninstall first. Should be.

sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all

You'll need to reboot before install. I've seen this when my install was borked.

sadly no, the error still ceases to disappear...
I'm not sure if this would help but when I type "gcc" this is what pops up: i686-apple-darwin9-gcc-4.2.1: no input files

That's right - you should see that error when you pass gcc no files to compile.

What are you trying to compile?

I think it's still your PATH that's messed up.
type this and show us the result:
echo $PATH

gsahli said:

I think it's still your PATH that's messed up.
type this and show us the result:
echo $PATH

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I was going to suggest that but the previous post demonstrated that it was:

bippity said:

sadly no, the error still ceases to disappear...
I'm not sure if this would help but when I type "gcc" this is what pops up: i686-apple-darwin9-gcc-4.2.1: no input files

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I mean the resources Other Than gcc itself.

Looks like something might have been missed during the Xcode install. Read this to fix the problem.

echo $PATH: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin
I am trying to compile 'Speex-1.2'

I don't see the Xcode.mpkg in optional install

The name may be different. Simply relaunch the installer you used.

vansmith said:

The name may be different. Simply relaunch the installer you used.

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I have run the installer again and nothing has seemed to change. Right now, I am unintalling everything with the command that dysfunction has given me, and I will tell you what happens after installing again.

EDIT: Still the same problem...this is frustrating me...would this help if I updated to Lion and downloaded the Xcode 4?

Sorry I can't give you a definitive answer...
Out on the web, it looks like 10.6 uses
~/.MacOSX/environment.plist
and
~/.profile

to save and setup PATH.
I'm thinking you may need to delete those two and then reinstall Xtools.

gsahli said:

Sorry I can't give you a definitive answer...
Out on the web, it looks like 10.6 uses
~/.MacOSX/environment.plist
and
~/.profile

to save and setup PATH.
I'm thinking you may need to delete those two and then reinstall Xtools.

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Whoa. You can set path on the fly too. I'd do that before I did ANY systemic change.

export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/new/directory

Ya, I agree that deleting is too over the top...
But someone (other than me) needs to tell "bippity" what to add to his PATH.

My PATH has /Developer/Tools - his doesn't.
But I don't know if that's correct for 10.6?

And where should the Developer tools have added the environment for gcc to the saved PATH setup?