./configure

[Alain Ketterlin]

Janet Heath <janetcatherine.heath at gmail.com> writes:

[...]
> configure:3161: checking machine type as reported by uname -m
> configure:3164: result: x86_64
> configure:3177: checking for --without-gcc
> configure:3221: result: no
> configure:3282: checking for gcc
> configure:3312: result: no
> configure:3375: checking for cc
> configure:3422: result: no
> configure:3478: checking for cl.exe
> configure:3508: result: no
> configure:3532: error: in `/usr/bin/Python-2.7.3':
> configure:3534: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> See `config.log' for more details
>
> I can't seem to figure out the 2 errors at the bottom.  Any suggestions?

It looks like you have no C compiler (if you have one, configure can't
find it in the obvious way). You need a C compiler to compile python.
You should first install a C compiler.

But are you sure you need to compile python? Isn't there a binary
package available for your platform?

-- Alain.