GNU Prolog (glpc): error trying to execute as: No such file or directory

Question

I'm trying to use the GNU Prolog Compiler to build an executable from my Prolog program like so:

$ gplc solution.prolog -o prog

and it's failing with a really cryptic error:

error trying to execute as: No such file or directory

I can't figure out what it's trying to tell me is missing. Does anyone know?

I'm using Fedora Silverblue 37, and glpc is running inside of a 'toolbox' that is also Fedora 37.

Answer 1

The issue appears to have been that I didn't have a C compiler installed. I installed the gcc package, and got a different error:

gcc: fatal error: cannot read spec file ‘/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld’: No such file or directory

Apparently to get that file, I needed to install the redhat-rpm-config package. I found that package name from this relevant comment on the RedHat bugzilla.

Compilation succeeds now!