Re: [Quantlib-dev] QuantLib-1.42.1 not building on a GCP Ubuntu VM

[Raj S <raj...@ho...>]

Thanks I will try and install g++.

I clearly don’t look at these as often as you do, so I did not stand out to me. I wish configure would print a summary of whats missing for us luddites.

Appreciated.

> On 9 May 2026, at 18:37, Dirk Eddelbuettel <ed...@de...> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9 May 2026 at 16:21, Raj S wrote:
> | I tried Ubuntu on a spare PC I had and had the same problem. Then this is the problem on a GCP VM. Sorry about the mixed messaging but the subject line is in correct (read it as Debian).
> 
> Ubuntu has different major releases every two years, and incremental releases
> every six months. You have not told us which Ubuntu version you are using.
> But QuantLib should work on any as QuantLib has been part of Ubuntu for 20+
> years. 
> 
> | I add some of the logs below
> 
> It quite clearly states that g++ is not installed.
> 
> Dirk
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