GMP install error: No usable m4 in $PATH or /usr/5bin
Install error.
Error description
Operating system: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
Downloaded the GMP source code, version 5.0.1. Extracted the files. Started 'configure':
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richel@richel1-desktop:~/Downloads/gmp-5.0.1$ ./configure
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Screen output:
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checking build system type... corei-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... corei-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking ABI=64
checking compiler gcc -O2 -pedantic -m64 ... no
checking ABI=32
checking compiler gcc -m32 -O2 -pedantic -fomit-frame-pointer ... yes
checking compiler gcc -m32 -O2 -pedantic -fomit-frame-pointer has sizeof(long)==4... yes
checking compiler gcc -m32 -O2 -pedantic -fomit-frame-pointer -mtune=core2... yes
checking compiler gcc -m32 -O2 -pedantic -fomit-frame-pointer -mtune=core2 -march=core2... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to accept ISO Standard C... (cached) -std=gnu99
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu99 -E
checking build system compiler gcc -std=gnu99... yes
checking for build system preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu99 -E
checking for build system executable suffix...
checking whether build system compiler is ANSI... yes
checking for build system compiler math library... -lm
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking if the assembler knows about MMX instructions... yes
checking if the assembler knows about SSE2 instructions... yes
using ABI="32"
CC="gcc -std=gnu99"
CFLAGS="-m32 -O2 -pedantic -fomit-frame-pointer -mtune=core2 -march=core2"
CPPFLAGS=""
MPN_PATH=" x86/p6/sse2 x86/p6/p3mmx x86/p6/mmx x86/p6 x86 generic"
checking for function prototypes... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking whether assembler supports --noexecstack option... yes
checking for ar... ar
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc -std=gnu99... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for ar... (cached) ar
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc -std=gnu99 object... ok
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for g77... no
checking for xlf... no
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checking for frt... no
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checking for pghpf... no
checking for epcf90... no
checking for gfortran... gfortran
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
checking whether gfortran accepts -g... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc -std=gnu99 supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc -std=gnu99 PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc -std=gnu99 static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc -std=gnu99 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc -std=gnu99 supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc -std=gnu99 linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for gfortran option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gfortran PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gfortran static flag -static works... yes
checking if gfortran supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gfortran supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gfortran linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking float.h usability... yes
checking float.h presence... yes
checking for float.h... yes
checking invent.h usability... no
checking invent.h presence... no
checking for invent.h... no
checking langinfo.h usability... yes
checking langinfo.h presence... yes
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checking locale.h usability... yes
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checking nl_types.h usability... yes
checking nl_types.h presence... yes
checking for nl_types.h... yes
checking sys/attributes.h usability... no
checking sys/attributes.h presence... no
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checking sys/iograph.h usability... no
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checking sys/mman.h usability... yes
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checking sys/param.h usability... yes
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checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking sys/processor.h usability... no
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checking sys/pstat.h usability... no
checking sys/pstat.h presence... no
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checking sys/sysinfo.h usability... yes
checking sys/sysinfo.h presence... yes
checking for sys/sysinfo.h... yes
checking sys/syssgi.h usability... no
checking sys/syssgi.h presence... no
checking for sys/syssgi.h... no
checking sys/systemcfg.h usability... no
checking sys/systemcfg.h presence... no
checking for sys/systemcfg.h... no
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking sys/times.h usability... yes
checking sys/times.h presence... yes
checking for sys/times.h... yes
checking for sys/resource.h... yes
checking for sys/sysctl.h... yes
checking for machine/hal_sysinfo.h... no
checking whether fgetc is declared... yes
checking whether fscanf is declared... yes
checking whether optarg is declared... yes
checking whether ungetc is declared... yes
checking whether vfprintf is declared... yes
checking whether sys_errlist is declared... yes
checking whether sys_nerr is declared... yes
checking return type of signal handlers... void
checking for intmax_t... yes
checking for long double... yes
checking for long long... yes
checking for ptrdiff_t... yes
checking for quad_t... yes
checking for uint_least32_t... yes
checking for intptr_t... yes
checking for preprocessor stringizing operator... yes
checking for working volatile... yes
checking for C/C++ restrict keyword... __restrict
checking whether <stdarg.h> exists and works... yes
checking whether gcc __attribute__ ((const)) works... yes
checking whether gcc __attribute__ ((malloc)) works... yes
checking whether gcc __attribute__ ((mode (XX))) works... yes
checking whether gcc __attribute__ ((noreturn)) works... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking for cos in -lm... yes
checking for working alloca.h... yes
checking for alloca (via gmp-impl.h)... yes
checking how to allocate temporary memory... alloca
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking format of `double' floating point... IEEE little endian
checking for alarm... yes
checking for attr_get... no
checking for clock... yes
checking for clock_gettime... no
checking for cputime... no
checking for getpagesize... yes
checking for getrusage... yes
checking for gettimeofday... yes
checking for getsysinfo... no
checking for localeconv... yes
checking for memset... yes
checking for mmap... yes
checking for mprotect... yes
checking for nl_langinfo... yes
checking for obstack_vprintf... yes
checking for popen... yes
checking for processor_info... no
checking for pstat_getprocessor... no
checking for raise... yes
checking for read_real_time... no
checking for sigaction... yes
checking for sigaltstack... yes
checking for sigstack... yes
checking for syssgi... no
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checking for sysctlbyname... no
checking for times... yes
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking whether vsnprintf works... yes
checking whether sscanf needs writable input... no
checking for struct pst_processor.psp_iticksperclktick... no
checking for suitable m4... configure: error: No usable m4 in $PATH or /usr/5bin (see config.log for reasons).
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Cause
M4 is not installed.
Solution
Start the Ubuntu software Center and install 'M4' (see this screenshot).
