I'm on chapter 3 and 5 of the book and I can get any of the projects to compile ie "Hello" & "Slide Master". Like Ari I hit build and go and i get

Couldn't run '/usr/bin/gcc-3.3' because it does not refer to an accessible executable.

I dont do anything else except follow the book and hit build and go
I have read mtrent's reply to Ari but it didnt help.
Any help would be cool. ( I have version 2.0 of xcode)
Thanks

try opening the terminal and typing "gcc" and then enter
thats just to see if gcc is installed at all
then try "file /usr/bin/gcc-3.3" to see if its an executable..
finally, try the actual command that its looking for..
"/usr/bin/gcc-3.3"

it should look something like this:

username:~$ gcc
powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1: no input files
username:~$ file /usr/bin/gcc-3.3
/usr/bin/gcc-3.3: Mach-O executable ppc
username:~$ /usr/bin/gcc-3.3
gcc-3.3: no input files

if this doesn't work try reinstalling xcode and the developer tools again...if this all works, then something is going on with xcode..i'm just new to that too, so i'm not much help there.

you could try clicking on slide master under the targets folder in the groups and files menu and then press command-i to get info and go to the rules tab and try changing what the system C rule has under "using:" to a different version of gcc...

really, i'd try to redownload xcode 2 the newest version and reinstall...cause you should be using gcc 4.0 by default with the newer versions, and so maybe you don't have those installed..

I think you have two things to do:
- the first: have you gcc and what is its path?
- the second: has your gcc the executable attribute?

To find the correct path, try this in the shell: find / -name "gcc*" -print
You will know if you have gcc, where it is, and if its version number is 3.3

To know if gcc has the executable attribute, type in the shell: ls -iaFl the_path_you_found_in_first
You will see if gcc has the executable attribute. You can change it by chmod u=rwx,go=x the_path_of_gcc

But if you have gcc with a wrong version number, and a wrong path (not /usr/bin/gcc) it is more safe and sure to reinstall Xcode and developer tools. In this case, first use the perl script "uninstall-devtools.pl" to safely uninstall before reinstalling.

(Sorry for my poor english)

FJ

I agree with wilfordbrimley. Try re-installing the developer tools. Make sure all the packages were selected.

See this article at Apple's web site for more information:

http://discussions.apple.com/message...sageID=2049914