Quick note: Ubuntu(gutsy) C compiler install and setup (glibc-devel)

UPDATE: Tim Haines notified me that you can install all the necessary tools with one command:

apt-get install build-essential

Thanks Tim, I’ve tried it on a clean VPS and it works a charm…

If you are busy setting up a new Ubuntu Linux server and you get the following error:

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

when trying to run ./configure, then you need to install the gcc compiler (Yeah, I know… this is like a no brainer for you *nix guru’s).

Here is the command to install the gcc compiler on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install gcc

But now you get the following error:

error: checking for C compiler default output file name

Most results on on google search point you glibc-devel as the solution. But, alas… apt-get will report the following message when you try to install glibc-devel:

Couldn’t find package glibc-devel

So what to do? The correct Ubuntu package that is similar to the glibc-devel is libc6-dev. Below is the command to install the Ubuntu package:

sudo apt-get install libc6-dev

Happy compiling and installing…

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You can now build the source code in either VS2k5 or VS2k8

I’ve updated the source code to include some conditional compilation directives to support different Visual Studio IDE versions. So if you are still stuck in VS2005 land, you can now build the source and be able to take advantage of the new features that Owen Evans added.

These include the new attributes (Context, BeforeAll, BeforeEach, AfterAll, AfterEach) and new functionality like Collection.Contains#WithProperty. If you lucky to be using VS2008 you’ll have new functionality that allows you to pass lambda’s. For more information look at http://bgeek.net/2008/02/14/nspecify-rspec-well-closer-anyway/

Owen also added a new library called NSpecify.Framework.Extensions. This gives you some extension methods that you can use to specify your expectations directly on the object under test.

i.e. newDeveloper.Surname.Must().Equal(“Evans”);

Nice hey!