AWS EC2 and build-essential

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I am trying to compile Node.js on Amazon EC2, but I can't even install "build essential". Where's the problem?

Thanks.

sudo yum install build-essential
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No package build-essential available.
Error: Nothing to do

./configure
Checking for program g++ or c++          : not found 
Checking for program icpc                : not found 
Checking for program c++                 : not found 
error: could not configure a cxx compiler!

could not configure a cxx compiler!

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 03 '16 at 15:13

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build-essential is a package that resides in aptitude (Debian), not in Yum (RHEL). Maybe you should rephrase your question to provide more information about the core issue--i.e., installing EC2 tools?

The (rough) equivalent of the build-essential meta-package for yum is:

yum install make glibc-devel gcc patch

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answered Nov 22 '10 at 21:44

Andrew M.

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Yes, please. I just edited my question. – Randy Hartmen Nov 22 '10 at 21:46
Updated with a rough equivalent to the Debian meta-package. – Andrew M. Nov 23 '10 at 04:18
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`yum groupinstall "Development Tools"` is a better match, I think. – ephemient Dec 01 '10 at 02:49
Unfortunately (or fortunately?), you'll end up installing a ton of packages that you won't likely need. Although if you have the time and space to spare, this will save you a lot of time on future compiles. – Andrew M. Dec 01 '10 at 03:35

score 30 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 22 '12 at 17:38

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Its important enough to make this more complete alternative a separate entry:

yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

answered Dec 22 '12 at 17:38

Davoud Taghawi-Nejad

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yes, this is the official answer from aws: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/compile-software.html – sekmo Sep 23 '18 at 19:52

score 28 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 01 '10 at 01:33

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I'm assuming that you are building node.js, as I had the same problem. I think the one you are missing is:

yum install gcc-c++

But you might need more than that one after you get past the first part.

answered Dec 01 '10 at 01:33

dbellizzi

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This fixed it for me. Using node (installing packages) on an AWS Amazon Linux instance, thanks! – magikMaker Jan 09 '18 at 15:34
Fixed it for Node V12. Thanks ! – Sebastien H. May 14 '20 at 10:10

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 28 '10 at 06:47

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In addition to gcc-c++, I also needed to install the development packages for openssl:

yum install openssl-devel

After that was installed I could then compile and install node.js successfully per http://nodejs.org/#download

answered Dec 28 '10 at 06:47

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AWS EC2 and build-essential

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