Failed to install Nano editor on Mac

I downloaded the latest version of nano and I followed the instructions described on its website, but I was stopped by step 3:

Download the source file (nano-2.2.6.tar.gz) and unpack it.
Open Terminal and navigate to the directory (nano-2.2.6) and type
./configure
make
make install

The error messages are as follows:

Chriss-MacBook-Air:nano-2.2.6 Chris$ ./configure
checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin11.4.0
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin11.4.0
checking target system type... i386-apple-darwin11.4.0
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for style of include used by make... none
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: in /Users/Chris/Downloads/nano-2.2.6': configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH Seeconfig.log' for more details.
Chriss-MacBook-Air:nano-2.2.6 Chris$

Fallen Satan

Posted 2012-06-24T01:04:14.520

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Do you have GCC installed( Xcode should do) On you mac? – Eswar Rajesh Pinapala – 2012-06-24T01:05:26.473

no i haven't installed yet – None – 2012-06-24T01:08:18.730

If you have a Lion, You can download for free from the Appstore :http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?ls=1&mt=12

– Eswar Rajesh Pinapala – 2012-06-24T01:12:45.663

Answers

You need to install GCC on you mac. It's not installed by default -- you need to add the development tools.

Installing Xcode will solve your problem.

Eswar Rajesh Pinapala

Posted 2012-06-24T01:04:14.520

Reputation: 171

1You can find Xcode in the Additional Programs folder on one of the disks that came with your system. – None – 2012-06-24T01:09:06.700

Oops.. It seems nothing change after I finish installing Xcode. Do I need to do some changes to the PATH? – None – 2012-06-24T01:58:28.027

Recent versions of Xcode have the command line tools as an optional install. – user7541 – 2012-06-24T02:14:32.813

@FallenSatan: You dont need to manually set the PATH, Xcode should take care of it. Can you try restarting your machine? – Eswar Rajesh Pinapala – 2012-06-24T02:17:29.993

@Downvoter: What's the down vote for? – Eswar Rajesh Pinapala – 2012-06-24T02:17:53.333

I was having the same issue. The problem is that on current versions of XCode the command line tools are not installed by default, you have to go to preferences -> downloads and tell xcode to instal the command line tools.

Jed Wheeler

Posted 2012-06-24T01:04:14.520

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