[Linux-disciples] /bin/cc

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> The cpan program just failed to install a module here under
> Ubuntu, as it turns out because /usr/bin/cc didn't exist. I
> created a symlink from there to /usr/bin/gcc and everything
> worked fine. But I presume that this isn't the best
> practice; I tend to feel like I should keep my hands out of
> /usr/bin . Is there an approved way to get the symlink?

No. There should be an environmental variable that will tell cpan where cc
should be.