Environment variables/cc missing

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On Friday 04 July 2003 14:54, Stephen Schroder wrote:
> In order to install my soundcard driver, cc, gcc, and
> cl need to be found when I execute ./configure.  When
> ./configure fails to run, the report is that none of
> the three can be found.  Special emphasis, for some
> reason, is given on the fact that cc can not be found
> in $PATH.  While cc can't be found anywhere on my hard
> drive, both gcc and cl do exist.
>
> Why doesn't cc exist, and where can I get it?  Where
> are the system environment variables located, so I can
> make gcc and cl findable by adding their directories
> to the $PATH statement?
>

On my system I see this:

$ which cc
/usr/bin/cc
$ ls -al /usr/bin/cc
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Sep  6 1999 11:08 /usr/bin/cc -> 
/etc/alternatives/cc
$ ls -al /etc/alternatives/cc
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           12 Jun 22 2003 06:06 
/etc/alternatives/cc -> /usr/bin/gcc

You should see something similar.  Then, look at your $PATH (echo $PATH).  
Perhaps you are having a problem with PATH not being properly/fully 
configured.