I tried installing build-essential, g++ now getting this error from ~/.rvm/log/configure.log
[2016-12-17 14:17:50] ./configure
current path: /home/myusername/.rvm/src/ruby-2.3.3
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/home/myusername/.rvm/bin
command(4): ./configure --prefix=/home/myusername/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.3.3 --disable-install-doc --enable-shared
checking for ruby… false
checking build system type… x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type… x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type… x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
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… configure: error: in /home/myusername/.rvm/src/ruby-2.3.3': configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. If you meant to cross compile, use–host’.
See `config.log’ for more details
Actually I’ve been very good about it I just forgot with of all people you, the only one who cares Story of my life There’s no such file so there’s nothing in it
> no i don't have .rvmrc anywhere
>
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>> > configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. If you meant to cross
>> > compile, use--host
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>> Have you got a file ~/.rvmrc? If so what is in it?
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>> Paste here the results of rvm info
Because you top posted instead of inserting your reply inline you
failed, I presume, to notice my second question.
Colin
So do you have any more ideas?
The second question was "paste here the results of `rvm info`?", so if you run that, maybe you can see some more debugging data.