# Hpricot on my Solaris x-86 box. cc bad , gcc good **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 26, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hpricot-on-my-solaris-x-86-box-cc-bad-gcc-good/121243 "2007-11-26T00:47:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoboHoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HoboHoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/HoboHoward)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hpricot-on-my-solaris-x-86-box-cc-bad-gcc-good/121243/1 "2007-11-26T00:47:40Z")
Dear List, I want to install hpricot on my Solaris x-86 box. The makefile generated by the hpricot-installer wants me to use the ‘cc’ c-compiler. I dont have ‘cc’. I have ‘gcc’. Is it possible for me to force the hpricot-installer to use my copy of gcc ?? Here is a screen dump of my installation attempt: 14 bash-14:31:27-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 14 bash-14:31:28-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# pwd /opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache 15 bash-14:31:30-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 15 bash-14:31:30-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 15 bash-14:31:30-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 15 bash-14:31:31-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# ls ./ actionpack-1.13.3.gem activerecord-1.15.3.gem activesupport-1.4.4.gem …/ actionpack-1.13.6.gem activerecord-1.15.6.gem rails-1.2.3.gem actionmailer-1.3.3.gem actionwebservice-1.2.3.gem activesupport-1.4.2.gem rake-0.7.3.gem 16 bash-14:31:32-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 16 bash-14:31:32-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 16 bash-14:31:33-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 16 bash-14:31:33-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# gem install hpricot Updating metadata for 11 gems from [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) … complete Building native extensions. This could take a while… ERROR: Error installing hpricot: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /opt/csw/bin/ruby extconf.rb install hpricot checking for main() in -lc… no creating Makefile make cc -I. -I. -I/opt/csw/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-solaris2.8 -I. -I/opt/csw/ include -I/opt/csw/include -KPIC -xO3 -xarch=386 -xspace -xildoff -I/ opt/csw/include -I/opt/csw/include -KPIC -c hpricot\_scan.c sh: cc: not found \*\*\* Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `hpricot\_scan.o’ Gem files will remain installed in /opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ hpricot-0.6 for inspection. Results logged to /opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.6/ext/ hpricot\_scan/gem\_make.out 17 bash-14:32:10-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 17 bash-14:32:52-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 17 bash-14:32:52-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 17 bash-14:32:53-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# which gcc /opt/csw/gcc3/bin/gcc 18 bash-14:33:17-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 18 bash-14:33:17-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 18 bash-14:33:17-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 18 bash-14:33:17-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# uname -a SunOS sol 5.10 Generic\_118855-14 i86pc i386 i86pc 19 bash-14:45:24-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# 19 bash-14:45:25-sol:/opt/csw/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/cache root# Is it possible for me to force the hpricot-installer to use my copy of gcc ?? –hh ---
**Author:** ![HoboHoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HoboHoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/HoboHoward)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hpricot-on-my-solaris-x-86-box-cc-bad-gcc-good/121243/2 "2007-11-26T23:38:48Z")
HoboHoward [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes: > Is it possible for me to force the hpricot-installer to use my copy of > gcc ?? It really wants to use the compiler that Ruby was built with. [~]0% ruby -rrbconfig -e ‘p Config::CONFIG[“CC”]’ “cc” The S. compiler suite can be downloaded for free, but if you are really attached to gcc then you should build Ruby yourself instead of using blastwave. Steve ---
**Author:** ![HoboHoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HoboHoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/HoboHoward)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hpricot-on-my-solaris-x-86-box-cc-bad-gcc-good/121243/3 "2007-11-28T08:23:53Z")
I fixed my hpricot problems on my solaris x-86 box. I downloaded a couple of large files from [sun.com](http://sun.com) after registration: -rwx------ 1 maco staff 243701577 Nov 27 02:54 SunStudio12ml- solaris-x86-200709-ii.tar.bz2 -rwx------ 1 maco staff 272616587 Nov 27 02:58 SunStudio12mlPrepSys-solaris-x86-200709.tar.bz2 I unpacked them: tar jxf SunStudio12ml-solaris-x86-200709-ii.tar.bz2 tar jxf SunStudio12mlPrepSys-solaris-x86-200709.tar.bz2 I found: 85 bash-23:22:00-sol:~/sun\_studio12 $ 85 bash-23:22:00-sol:~/sun\_studio12 $ 85 bash-23:22:02-sol:~/sun\_studio12 $ ll total 12 drwxr-xr-x 5 maco staff 512 Nov 27 08:59 ./ drwxr-xr-x 18 maco root 1024 Nov 27 22:37 …/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 maco staff 26 Nov 27 08:56 SS12\_README\_FIRST → SUNWspro/SS12\_README\_FIRST/ drwxr-xr-x 4 maco staff 512 Sep 23 13:15 SS12\_prep\_system/ drwxr-xr-x 15 maco staff 512 Sep 23 23:37 SUNWspro/ drwxr-xr-x 11 maco staff 1024 Sep 23 01:27 netbeans-5.5.1/ 86 bash-23:22:08-sol:~/sun\_studio12 $ 86 bash-23:22:08-sol:~/sun\_studio12 $ I ran shell commands: cd SS12\_prep\_system su ./prepare\_system -s netbeans,patches I found cc here: ~/sun\_studio12/SUNWspro/bin/cc I added ~/sun\_studio12/SUNWspro/bin to my PATH. I ran shell command: 44 bash-22:37:49-sol:~/software/hpricot $ gem install hpricot Updating metadata for 45 gems from [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) … complete Building native extensions. This could take a while… Successfully installed hpricot-0.6 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for hpricot-0.6… Installing RDoc documentation for hpricot-0.6… I was happy! (Thanks Steve!!) –hh