Problems installing aspell module

rooneyl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, I am hoping someone can help with what is probaly a simple task for someone experience. I have installed the current version of Aspell on my server (Sparc, Solaris 8), and am now trying to install the perl module so I can use it. When I first tried it failed because of dependices. I worked back through the list to find what modules I needed to install. The first one installed fine, the second (PathTools) will not. I get the error;

cc -c   -xO3 -xdepend    -DVERSION=\"3.2701\" -DXS_VERSION=\"3.2701\" -KPIC -I/usr/perl5/5.00503/su
4-solaris/CORE  Cwd.c
make: cc: Command not found
make: *** Cwd.o Error 127

I have got GNU gcc 3.4.6, I thought this would compile all things. Could someone please point me in the right direction. Thanks.

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Re: Problems installing aspell module by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 15, 2008 at 21:35 UTC
It seems your Perl was compiled using (Sun's) `cc` and not `gcc`. As a rule of thumb, you will need the same compiler that your Perl was compiled with to compile extensions for your Perl with. If you only have `gcc` and not Sun's compiler, you can maybe get a Perl compiled with `gcc` from http://sunfreeware.com. On the third hand, Solaris 10 now has Perl 5.8.4 as the stock Perl, so maybe you should upgrade to a newer operating system?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Problems installing aspell module by rooneyl (Sexton) on Feb 15, 2008 at 22:00 UTC
Thank for your quick response and help. Much appreciated.	[reply]