So, I’m researching the NMAP tool from Insecure.org… and needed to compile it on my various linux test boxes.

suse1:~/nmap # ./configure
checking whether NLS is requested… yes
checking build system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc… no
checking for cc… no
checking for cl.exe… no
configure: error: in `/root/nmap’:
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log’ for more details.

Only problem is they are fresh installations with the minimum of options during the setup of the computers. IE: I went with basic server options with no additional packages during the install of each flavor of Linux.

So where do I go from here… welp, download and compile of course.
In the end I needed 15 different rpm packages from my SuSE DVD… and they needed to be installed in the following order:

1. gmp-4.2.2-30.1.i586.rpm
2. libmpfr1-2.3.1-4.1.i586.rpm
3. cpp43-4.3.1_20080507-6.1.i586.rpm
4. cpp-4.3-39.1.i586.rpm
5. linux-kernel-headers-2.6.25-8.1.noarch.rpm
6. glibc-devel-2.8-14.1.i586.rpm
7. libstdc.43-devel-4.3.1_20080507-6.1.i586.rpm
8. libstdc.43-4.3.1_20080507-6.1.i586.rpm
9. libgomp43-4.3.1_20080507-6.1.i586.rpm
10. libmudflap43-4.3.1_20080507-6.1.i586.rpm
11. gcc43-4.3.1_20080507-6.1.i586.rpm
12. gcc43-c.4.3.1_20080507-6.1.i586.rpm
13. gcc-4.3-39.1.i586.rpm
14. gcc-c.4.3-39.1.i586.rpm
15. make-3.81-103.1.i586.rpm

I’ve posted them at my files webiste http://files.moranit.com/SuSE11/

After installing all of these, the remaining installation proceedure outlined on the nmap website went perfectly… I now have a working version on my SuSE 11.0 text box.