title: Debugging the error "gcc: error: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: No such file or directory"
body: <p>I'm trying to build:
  <a href="https://github.com/kanzure/nanoengineer">https://github.com/kanzure/nanoengineer</a></p>
  
  <p>But it looks like it errors out on:</p>
  
  <pre><code>gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/usr/include/python2.7   -std=c99 x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -MT libstructcompare_a-structcompare.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/libstructcompare_a-structcompare.Tpo -c -o libstructcompare_a-structcompare.o `test -f 'structcompare.c' || echo './'`structcompare.c
  gcc: error: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc</code> definitely exists in <em>/usr/bin</em> (It's a symlink) and the target definitely exists as well. It looks to me like the Makefile wasn't generated correctly, perhaps there is a flag that should be passed before specifying x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc? I am unsure as well what specifying <code>x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc</code> is supposed to accomplish.</p>
  
  <p>Finally, this makefile was generated by configure, so once we narrow down the cause of the error, I'll have to figure out what files to modify in order to fix this. (I'm a CMake kind of guy myself, but of course I didn't choose the build system for this project.) My OS is Debian.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried building this branch as well:
  <a href="https://github.com/kanzure/nanoengineer/branches/kirka-updates">https://github.com/kanzure/nanoengineer/branches/kirka-updates</a></p>
  
  <p>If you can try getting this to build on your system, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!</p>