no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH when installing python

Question

I\'m trying to install new python environment on my shared hosting. I follow the steps written in this post:

mkdir ~/src
wget http://www.python.org/ftp/pytho         


        

Answer 1

Issue :

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

Fixed the issue by executing the following command:

yum install gcc

to install gcc.