I tried to run ./configure on a small program that the Linux book I'M reading instructed me to download and I got the error "no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH" I then tried to run atp-get install gcc, but then I got "unable to locate package gcc". Any dieas?
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build-essential
(at least, in Ubuntu repos, I don't know if other debian distros have it too), it will install everything you need.$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
Also, if you get the message "unable to locate package ..", then you should try to do a search …
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