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when I ran the script I found the following error:

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
configure failed for srclib/apr

the following is what was in config.log

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by configure, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59. Invocation command line was

$ /root/httpd-2.2.3/configure

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = puppypc
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.6.16.7
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 Wed Jul 19 07:49:39 PUP 2006

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown

/bin/arch = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown

PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/X11R7/bin
PATH: /root/my-applications/bin


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1657: checking for chosen layout
configure:1659: result: Apache
configure:2455: checking for working mkdir -p
configure:2471: result: yes
configure:2488: checking build system type
configure:2506: result: i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
configure:2514: checking host system type
configure:2528: result: i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
configure:2536: checking target system type
configure:2550: result: i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
configure:2608: checking for APR
configure:2690: result: reconfig

## ---------------- ##
## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##

ac_cv_build=i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
ac_cv_build_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
ac_cv_env_CC_set=
ac_cv_env_CC_value=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPP_set=
ac_cv_env_CPP_value=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
ac_cv_host=i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
ac_cv_host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
ac_cv_mkdir_p=yes
ac_cv_target=i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
ac_cv_target_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld

## ----------------- ##
## Output variables. ##
## ----------------- ##

APACHECTL_ULIMIT=''
APR_BINDIR=''
APR_CONFIG=''
APR_INCLUDEDIR=''
APR_VERSION=''
APU_BINDIR=''
APU_CONFIG=''
APU_INCLUDEDIR=''
APU_VERSION=''
AP_BUILD_SRCLIB_DIRS=''
AP_CLEAN_SRCLIB_DIRS=''
AP_LIBS=''
AWK=''
BUILTIN_LIBS=''
CC=''
CFLAGS=''
CORE_IMPLIB=''
CORE_IMPLIB_FILE=''
CPP=''
CPPFLAGS=''
CXX=''
CXXFLAGS=''
DEFS=''
DSO_MODULES=''
ECHO_C=''
ECHO_N='-n'
ECHO_T=''
EGREP=''
EXEEXT=''
EXTRA_CFLAGS=''
EXTRA_CPPFLAGS=''
EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=''
EXTRA_INCLUDES=''
EXTRA_LDFLAGS=''
EXTRA_LIBS=''
HTTPD_LDFLAGS=''
HTTPD_VERSION=''
INCLUDES=''
INSTALL=''
INSTALL_DSO=''
INSTALL_PROG_FLAGS=''
LDFLAGS=''
LIBOBJS=''
LIBS=''
LIBTOOL=''
LN_S=''
LTCFLAGS=''
LTFLAGS=''
LTLIBOBJS=''
LT_LDFLAGS=''
LYNX_PATH=''
MKDEP=''
MKINSTALLDIRS=''
MK_IMPLIB=''
MODULE_CLEANDIRS=''
MODULE_DIRS=''
MOD_ACTIONS_LDADD=''
MOD_ALIAS_LDADD=''
MOD_ASIS_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHNZ_LDAP_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_ALIAS_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_ANON_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_DBD_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_DBM_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_DEFAULT_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_FILE_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_DBM_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_DEFAULT_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_GROUPFILE_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_HOST_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_OWNER_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_USER_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTH_BASIC_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTH_DIGEST_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTOINDEX_LDADD=''
MOD_BUCKETEER_LDADD=''
MOD_CACHE_LDADD=''
MOD_CASE_FILTER_IN_LDADD=''
MOD_CASE_FILTER_LDADD=''
MOD_CERN_META_LDADD=''
MOD_CGID_LDADD=''
MOD_CGI_LDADD=''
MOD_CHARSET_LITE_LDADD=''
MOD_DAV_FS_LDADD=''
MOD_DAV_LDADD=''
MOD_DAV_LOCK_LDADD=''
MOD_DBD_LDADD=''
MOD_DEFLATE_LDADD=''
MOD_DIR_LDADD=''
MOD_DISK_CACHE_LDADD=''
MOD_DUMPIO_LDADD=''
MOD_ECHO_LDADD=''
MOD_ENV_LDADD=''
MOD_EXAMPLE_LDADD=''
MOD_EXPIRES_LDADD=''
MOD_EXT_FILTER_LDADD=''
MOD_FILE_CACHE_LDADD=''
MOD_FILTER_LDADD=''
MOD_HEADERS_LDADD=''
MOD_HTTP_LDADD=''
MOD_IDENT_LDADD=''
MOD_IMAGEMAP_LDADD=''
MOD_INCLUDE_LDADD=''
MOD_INFO_LDADD=''
MOD_ISAPI_LDADD=''
MOD_LDAP_LDADD=''
MOD_LOGIO_LDADD=''
MOD_LOG_CONFIG_LDADD=''
MOD_LOG_FORENSIC_LDADD=''
MOD_MEM_CACHE_LDADD=''
MOD_MIME_LDADD=''
MOD_MIME_MAGIC_LDADD=''
MOD_NEGOTIATION_LDADD=''
MOD_OPTIONAL_FN_EXPORT_LDADD=''
MOD_OPTIONAL_FN_IMPORT_LDADD=''
MOD_OPTIONAL_HOOK_EXPORT_LDADD=''
MOD_OPTIONAL_HOOK_IMPORT_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_AJP_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_BALANCER_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_CONNECT_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_FTP_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_HTTP_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_LDADD=''
MOD_REWRITE_LDADD=''
MOD_SETENVIF_LDADD=''
MOD_SO_LDADD=''
MOD_SPELING_LDADD=''
MOD_SSL_LDADD=''
MOD_STATUS_LDADD=''
MOD_SUEXEC_LDADD=''
MOD_UNIQUE_ID_LDADD=''
MOD_USERDIR_LDADD=''
MOD_USERTRACK_LDADD=''
MOD_VERSION_LDADD=''
MOD_VHOST_ALIAS_LDADD=''
MPM_LIB=''
MPM_NAME=''
MPM_SUBDIR_NAME=''
NOTEST_CFLAGS=''
NOTEST_CPPFLAGS=''
NOTEST_CXXFLAGS=''
NOTEST_LDFLAGS=''
NOTEST_LIBS=''
OBJEXT=''
OS=''
OS_DIR=''
OS_SPECIFIC_VARS=''
PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
PACKAGE_NAME=''
PACKAGE_STRING=''
PACKAGE_TARNAME=''
PACKAGE_VERSION=''
PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
PCRE_CONFIG=''
PICFLAGS=''
PILDFLAGS=''
PKGCONFIG=''
PORT=''
POST_SHARED_CMDS=''
PRE_SHARED_CMDS=''
RANLIB=''
RM=''
RSYNC=''
SHELL='/bin/sh'
SHLIBPATH_VAR=''
SHLTCFLAGS=''
SH_LDFLAGS=''
SH_LIBS=''
SH_LIBTOOL=''
SSL_LIBS=''
UTIL_LDFLAGS=''
ab_LTFLAGS=''
abs_srcdir=''
ac_ct_CC=''
ac_ct_RANLIB=''
ap_make_delimiter=''
ap_make_include=''
bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
build='i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld'
build_alias=''
build_cpu='i686'
build_os='linux-gnuoldld'
build_vendor='pc'
cgidir='${datadir}/cgi-bin'
checkgid_LTFLAGS=''
datadir='${prefix}'
errordir='${datadir}/error'
exec_prefix='${prefix}'
exp_bindir='/usr/local/apache2/bin'
exp_cgidir='/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin'
exp_datadir='/usr/local/apache2'
exp_errordir='/usr/local/apache2/error'
exp_exec_prefix='/usr/local/apache2'
exp_htdocsdir='/usr/local/apache2/htdocs'
exp_iconsdir='/usr/local/apache2/icons'
exp_includedir='/usr/local/apache2/include'
exp_installbuilddir='/usr/local/apache2/build'
exp_libdir='/usr/local/apache2/lib'
exp_libexecdir='/usr/local/apache2/modules'
exp_localstatedir='/usr/local/apache2'
exp_logfiledir='/usr/local/apache2/logs'
exp_mandir='/usr/local/apache2/man'
exp_manualdir='/usr/local/apache2/manual'
exp_proxycachedir='/usr/local/apache2/proxy'
exp_runtimedir='/usr/local/apache2/logs'
exp_sbindir='/usr/local/apache2/bin'
exp_sysconfdir='/usr/local/apache2/conf'
host='i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld'
host_alias=''
host_cpu='i686'
host_os='linux-gnuoldld'
host_vendor='pc'
htdbm_LTFLAGS=''
htdigest_LTFLAGS=''
htdocsdir='${datadir}/htdocs'
htpasswd_LTFLAGS=''
iconsdir='${datadir}/icons'
includedir='${prefix}/include'
infodir='${prefix}/info'
installbuilddir='${datadir}/build'
libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/modules'
localstatedir='${prefix}'
logfiledir='${localstatedir}/logs'
logresolve_LTFLAGS=''
mandir='${prefix}/man'
manualdir='${datadir}/manual'
nonssl_listen_stmt_1=''
nonssl_listen_stmt_2=''
oldincludedir='/usr/include'
other_targets=''
perlbin=''
prefix='/usr/local/apache2'
progname=''
program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
proxycachedir='${localstatedir}/proxy'
rel_bindir='bin'
rel_cgidir='cgi-bin'
rel_datadir=''
rel_errordir='error'
rel_exec_prefix=''
rel_htdocsdir='htdocs'
rel_iconsdir='icons'
rel_includedir='include'
rel_installbuilddir='build'
rel_libdir='lib'
rel_libexecdir='modules'
rel_localstatedir=''
rel_logfiledir='logs'
rel_mandir='man'
rel_manualdir='manual'
rel_proxycachedir='proxy'
rel_runtimedir='logs'
rel_sbindir='bin'
rel_sysconfdir='conf'
rotatelogs_LTFLAGS=''
runtimedir='${localstatedir}/logs'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
shared_build=''
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
sysconfdir='${prefix}/conf'
target='i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld'
target_alias=''
target_cpu='i686'
target_os='linux-gnuoldld'
target_vendor='pc'

configure: exit 1
 
a package manager is an app that takes precompiled ready to go binaries and puts them where they belong on your system, usually links the libraries if needed and some of them even check for dependencies or even actually compile the app from source code as well...........


in other words, most of the time you have two ways to go:
get the app ready to install and use the package manager to install it

or

download the source code and compile it from scratch

both work, however, with precompiled binaries you dont have the option to select options done at compile time nor do you know exactly what someone else selected when they compiled it :) but for large apps a precompiled binary is much faster to install

in order to compile something written in C you need a C compiler, gcc is prettymuch the standard C compiler these days, you also need the C library fies, headers, and kernel headers too in some cases----many many distros these days do not include this because they assume you will always be using prepackaged precompiled binaries----------always check the documentation to check for what dependencies an app needs and if you already have those on your system
 
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