macOS Cant compile - no gcc found on system

[ciik13]

Running on OS X 10.5.8

Really new to this, going through a tutorial and learning how to compile a program in unix.
when i put the:
% ./configure --prefix=$HOME/units174

command , I get the following error message:
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executable

Im assuming i have no gcc installed, so....
I look up in forums and i read i need xcode installed, in order to have gcc and it should already be on my system somewhere..?
so i went on mac developer tools and the xcode download wont install on 10.5.8, it says i need 10.6

so lost on this..any help would be really appreciated.

where can i find xcode on my system?

 

[lee1210]

http://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/203/wa/getSoftware?bundleID=20414

You need to get a free ADC membership, then log in there and you can download the previous version of XCode that will work on 10.5.

-Lee

EDIT: Also, you can install XCode from your 10.5 DVD if you have it.

 

[mac2x]

I installed Xcode 3.0 from the DVD, and then got my free ADC membership to get Xcode 3.1. It's worth it to get 3.1 IMO unless for some reason you need 3.0. Of course you can run both if you prefer.

I'm a bit of a programming neophyte, but I've learned so much! I believe gcc and g++ are part of the Unix command line, if I'm not mistaken...

 

[abbaskywalker]

hi guys
yesterday i just began to my university lıfe with department of computer engineering. my teacher gave me the homework that
first, show your name on the screen
second, using with "/n" , write various privacy infos in many lines.

my question is that how can i compile what i wrote? i searched and installed xcode 3.4. but i have snow leo and i guess it requires newer version of gcc.4 or 4.2 . i downloaded the xcode3.4 and installed. after this, i wrote gcc to spotlight. there was .kmpg files and i installed them too..

this is the main question

main()
{
printf("show my name");
}

in to textedit. and i saved. but now i dunno how to call it to terminal. ? file's name is "my name"

 

[dashcs]

abbaskywalker

Lol don't use textedit.

Its not like notepad in windows.

Either use Xcode or terminal (Like Vi)

To compile in terminal
Type
man gcc
You should get all your information.

For exemple lets says i have a c program
test.c is the file name

What I do in terminal.
I would type
gcc -o test test.c

Which complies my program with and sets the executable name.
I would then type
./test

Which loads up the program

 

[electroshock]

hi guys
yesterday i just began to my university lıfe with department of computer engineering. my teacher gave me the homework that
first, show your name on the screen
second, using with "/n" , write various privacy infos in many lines.

my question is that how can i compile what i wrote? i searched and installed xcode 3.4. but i have snow leo and i guess it requires newer version of gcc.4 or 4.2 . i downloaded the xcode3.4 and installed. after this, i wrote gcc to spotlight. there was .kmpg files and i installed them too..

this is the main question

main()
{
printf("show my name");
}

in to textedit. and i saved. but now i dunno how to call it to terminal. ? file's name is "my name"

Congratulations on starting your university adventures!

I would suggest naming files without whitespaces in them if possible -- makes it easier, but if you really want white spaces in the names, you can still do that.

If you save it as this file:

myname.c

Then in Terminal.app, you can compile it and run it with:

cc myname.c -o myname
./myname

P.S. You mentioned /n but I think it's actually \n