Re: RuntimeError: autoconf error on install

From: Vaughan, Garrison <no email>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:46:06 +0000

Hello Adam,

Here's your issue:
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler

Just install a C compiler (like gcc), and run the install again.

Cheers,
Garrison

On Jun 16, 2012, at 9:29 AM, "aseraf01_at_dcs.bbk.ac.uk" <aseraf01_at_dcs.bbk.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hello all, I am very new to python, EC2, MPI and Linux (so..
> everything then!).
>
> I'm trying to install StarCluster on a t1.micro EC2 instance booted
> with the standard Amazon Linux AMI (64-bit). I execute the
> easy_install utility, but installation fails, the full error message
> is below.
>
> Would anyone know where I'm going wrong? Could this be because I have
> not setup the EC2 instance correctly? I think this is going to be
> something really fundamental that I just haven't grasped about EC2.
>
> kind regards,
> adam
>
> error messages:
> [ec2-user_at_ip-10-244-30-27 StarCluster-0.93.3]$ sudo easy_install StarCluster
> Searching for StarCluster
> Best match: StarCluster 0.93.3
> Processing StarCluster-0.93.3-py2.6.egg
> StarCluster 0.93.3 is already the active version in easy-install.pth
> Installing starcluster script to /usr/bin
> Installing starcluster script to /usr/bin
>
> Using /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/StarCluster-0.93.3-py2.6.egg
> Processing dependencies for StarCluster
> Searching for pycrypto>=2.1,!=2.4
> Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pycrypto/
> Reading http://pycrypto.sourceforge.net
> Reading http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto
> Reading http://www.pycrypto.org/
> Best match: pycrypto 2.6
> Downloading http://ftp.dlitz.net/pub/dlitz/crypto/pycrypto/pycrypto-2.6.tar.gz
> Processing pycrypto-2.6.tar.gz
> Running pycrypto-2.6/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
> /tmp/easy_install-ODZRs7/pycrypto-2.6/egg-dist-tmp-XfuN77
> configure: error: in `/tmp/easy_install-ODZRs7/pycrypto-2.6':
> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> See `config.log' for more details
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/easy_install", line 9, in <module>
> load_entry_point('distribute==0.6.10', 'console_scripts',
> 'easy_install')()
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 1715, in main
> with_ei_usage(lambda:
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 1696, in with_ei_usage
> return f()
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 1719, in <lambda>
> distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
> dist.run_commands()
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in run_commands
> self.run_command(cmd)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
> cmd_obj.run()
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 236, in run
> self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 472, in easy_install
> return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 507, in install_item
> self.process_distribution(spec, dists[0], deps, "Using")
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 545, in process_distribution
> [requirement], self.local_index, self.easy_install
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 538,
> in resolve
> dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, self, installer)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 780,
> in best_match
> return self.obtain(req, installer) # try and download/install
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 792,
> in obtain
> return installer(requirement)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 472, in easy_install
> return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 502, in install_item
> dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 681, in install_eggs
> return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 958, in build_and_install
> self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py",
> line 947, in run_setup
> run_setup(setup_script, args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line
> 29, in run_setup
> lambda: execfile(
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line
> 70, in run
> return func()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line
> 31, in <lambda>
> {'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'}
> File "setup.py", line 456, in <module>
>
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
> dist.run_commands()
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in run_commands
> self.run_command(cmd)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
> cmd_obj.run()
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py",
> line 174, in run
> cmd = self.call_command('install_lib', warn_dir=0)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py",
> line 161, in call_command
> self.run_command(cmdname)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
> self.distribution.run_command(command)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
> cmd_obj.run()
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/install_lib.py",
> line 20, in run
> self.build()
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/command/install_lib.py", line
> 119, in build
> self.run_command('build_ext')
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
> self.distribution.run_command(command)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
> cmd_obj.run()
> File "setup.py", line 251, in run
>
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
> self.distribution.run_command(command)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
> cmd_obj.run()
> File "setup.py", line 278, in run
>
> RuntimeError: autoconf error
>
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