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So I never compiled a program from source before. I thought I'd give it a shot with calcurse. I downloaded the source, unzipped in /root/calcurse-4.8.0, then cd changed directory to /root/calcurse-4.8.0, and ran /.configure. I got an error, saying no C compiler found in the path. So my question is do I not actually have the correct C compiler, or is the path incorrect, or am I running /.compile from the wrong place. The calcurse compile directions are found here: https://www.calcurse.org/files/manual.p ... to,-19,842

Here's the error:

root# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking whether make supports nested variables... no
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for msgfmt... no
checking for gmsgfmt... :
checking for xgettext... no
checking for msgmerge... no
checking whether make supports the include directive... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
checking for clang... no
configure: error: in `/root/calcurse-4.8.0':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details

Every Puppy has a "devx" SFS file that contains the stuff needed to compile from source. Have you loaded your Puppy's devx SFS?

6502coder wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 4:32 pm

Every Puppy has a "devx" SFS file that contains the stuff needed to compile from source. Have you loaded your Puppy's devx SFS?

No I did not do that. Which is why the original title of this post was: Calcurse 4.8.0 - I'm a newbie!

I just looked at the Mainline Distros Fossapup topic and linked to the download, and the devx.sfs isn't available there. What repo do I need to find it?

In FossaPup, the best way is Quickpet > "Useful" tab
There is a button there for the devx.
Seems to compile without problems

OscarTalks wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 5:35 pm

In FossaPup, the best way is Quickpet > "Useful" tab
There is a button there for the devx.
Seems to compile without problems

Yes that did the trick! Thanks!