Re: RuntimeError: autoconf error on install

From: Justin Riley <no email>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:12:10 -0400

Hi Adam,

Thanks for sharing your solution. I'll update the docs to mention the
C-compiler requirement for PyCrypto and add your notes for yum-based
systems.

~Justin

On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 03:52:45PM +0100, aseraf01_at_dcs.bbk.ac.uk wrote:
> Thanks Garrison. That step, plus installing some necessary libraries
> did the trick.
>
> I thought anyone else who is completely unfamiliar with Linux/EC2 etc.
> may wish to know the steps I took at the command prompt (very basic
> stuff.. but took me a while to figure it out as a newbie):
>
> sudo su //puts linux into root
> environment mode
> yum groupinstall "Development Tools" //installs gcc/g++ and some
> other stuff
> yum groupinstall "Development Libraries" //installs some libraries you need
> easy_install StarCluster //installs StarCluster
>
> job done!
>
> cheers,
> adam
>
> Quoting "Vaughan, Garrison" <grvaughan_at_email.radford.edu>:
>
> > 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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