no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH when installing python

Question

I\'m trying to install new python environment on my shared hosting. I follow the steps written in this post:

mkdir ~/src
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/pytho         


        

Answer 1

You would need to install it as non root, since its shared hosting. Here is a tut that points how this step. http://luiarthur.github.io/gccinstall

cd ~/src
wget http://www.netgull.com/gcc/releases/gcc-5.2.0/gcc-5.2.0.tar.gz

or equivalent gcc source, then

tar -xvf gcc-5.2.0.tar.gz
cd gcc-5.2.0
./contrib/download_prerequisites
cd ..
mkdir objdir
cd objdir
$PWD/../gcc-5.2.0/configure --prefix=$HOME/gcc-5.2.0 --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go
make
make install

then add to .bashrc, or equivalent

export PATH=~/gcc-5.2.0/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/gcc-5.2.0/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/gcc-5.2.0/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Answer 2

The gcc compiler is not in your $PATH. It means either you dont have gcc installed or it's not in your $PATH variable.

To install gcc use this: (run as root)

• Redhat base:

  yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
  

• Debian base:

  apt-get install build-essential
  

Answer 3

Run apt-get install gcc in Suse Linux

Answer 4

You will need to run

sudo apt-get install build-essential

first assuming you're on a debain/ubuntu system

Answer 5

If you are using alphine with docker, do this:

apk --update add gcc make g++ zlib-dev