While trying to compile the latest version of the apache web server(2.4.3) on my Mac (10.8) I run into a problem. When I run the ./configure command I got the following output:
checking for chosen layout... Apache
checking for working mkdir -p... yes
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin12.0.0
checking host system type... x86_64-apple-darwin12.0.0
checking target system type... x86_64-apple-darwin12.0.0
configure:
configure: Configuring Apache Portable Runtime library...
configure:
checking for APR... yes
setting CC to "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc"
setting CPP to "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc -E"
setting CFLAGS to " "
setting CPPFLAGS to " -DDARWIN -DSIGPROCMASK_SETS_THREAD_MASK"
setting LDFLAGS to " "
configure:
configure: Configuring Apache Portable Runtime Utility library...
configure:
checking for APR-util... yes
checking for gcc... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/Users/cti/Downloads/Applications/httpd-2.4.3':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
Here are the last few lines in the log file:
## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##
configure:3056: checking for chosen layout
configure:3058: result: Apache
configure:3861: checking for working mkdir -p
configure:3877: result: yes
configure:3886: checking for grep that handles long lines and -e
configure:3944: result: /usr/bin/grep
configure:3949: checking for egrep
configure:4011: result: /usr/bin/grep -E
configure:4027: checking build system type
configure:4041: result: x86_64-apple-darwin12.0.0
configure:4061: checking host system type
configure:4074: result: x86_64-apple-darwin12.0.0
configure:4094: checking target system type
configure:4107: result: x86_64-apple-darwin12.0.0
configure:4137:
configure:4139: Configuring Apache Portable Runtime library...
configure:4141:
configure:4182: checking for APR
configure:4327: result: yes
configure:4587:
configure:4589: Configuring Apache Portable Runtime Utility library...
configure:4591:
configure:4628: checking for APR-util
configure:4707: result: yes
configure:4968: checking for gcc
configure:4995: result: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc
configure:5224: checking for C compiler version
configure:5233: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc --version >&5
./configure: line 5235: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc: No such file or directory
configure:5244: $? = 127
configure:5233: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc -v >&5
./configure: line 5235: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc: No such file or directory
configure:5244: $? = 127
configure:5233: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc -V >&5
./configure: line 5235: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc: No such file or directory
configure:5244: $? = 127
configure:5233: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc -qversion >&5
./configure: line 5235: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc: No such file or directory
configure:5244: $? = 127
configure:5264: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:5286: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc -DDARWIN -DSIGPROCMASK_SETS_THREAD_MASK conftest.c >&5
./configure: line 5288: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc: No such file or directory
configure:5290: $? = 127
configure:5328: result: no
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
| #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
| #define PACKAGE_URL ""
| /* end confdefs.h. */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
| ;
| return 0;
| }
configure:5333: error: in `/Users/cti/Downloads/Applications/httpd-2.4.3':
configure:5335: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
As you can see in the log output the script in ./configure couldn’t find the path to my C compiler because it’s in /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/cc and not in /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ccas it’s stated in the log output
You may say that the solution is simple all I have to do is to modify the configure script, right?? well the problem with that is that I know nothing about shell script which is why I’ve been struggling with it for the last 3 hours.
Help please. Thanks in advance.
I was just struggling with a similar issue in this post I created and answered so I thought I would share my findings. Simply create the symlink by doing this:
and you should at least get to the next step.