Installing VIM binaries on solaris 8

[johndog]

I am trying to execute the vim binaries i downloaded on my Sparc. I successfully gunzipped and untarred the files, runtime and sourcecode for VIM5.8 . When I try to execute the ./configure file, i get three errors as follows: 'checking for gcc....no'
'checking for cc....no'
'configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH'
These are the errors that I get. I am not sure if it is because my Makefile software is not configured correctly. And how do I add a 'cc' to my $PATH. I am doing all of this logged in as ROOT. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[cfsalmeida]

Which compiler you have installed ? "SUNWspro" or "Gnu gcc" ? you can check if "SUNWspro" with:
# pkginfo | grep SUNWspro
(do not confuse with the system tools "SUNWprot"
if it is "SUNWspro" and you have the following problem when running cc:
# /usr/ucb/cc
/usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed
you will need to create the following links:
ucbcc -> /opt/SUNWspro/SC2.0.1/acc
ucblint -> /opt/SUNWspro/SC2.0.1/tools/lint
whatdir -> /opt/SUNWspro/SC2.0.1/tools/whatdir
also "/usr/ucb/cc" need to be in you PATH environment variable.
if you are using GNU C Compiler, "gcc", will also need to put "gcc" in your PATH environment variable (usualy install in "/usr/local/bin/gcc".
... or maybe you don't have any compiler installed, if this is the case you can download "gcc" from "

http://www.sunfreware.com"

in pkgadd format, it's free !

Hope this helps,

Carlos Almeida