[daip] installation problem "can not guess host type"

[Deborah Haarsma]

AIPS experts,

I've installed aips many times, including several times in Linux, and
not encountered this error.  Near the beginning of install.pl it says

AipsWiz:  =====> Configuring READLINE library...
AipsWiz: Unpacking the READLINE.SHR archive...
AipsWiz: Unpacking seemed to work.
AipsWiz: Unpacking the RLSUPP.SHR archive...
AipsWiz: Unpacking seemed to work.
AipsWiz: Running Readline 'configure' in quiet mode, and then make...
creating cache ./config.cache
configure: error: can not guess host type; you must specify one
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
AipsWiz: Error: Either the configure or make step failed in
AipsWiz: Error: /home/aips/31DEC03/LINUX/LIBR/GNU/.
AipsWiz: Error: This means INSTEP3/INSTEP4 will not work.
AipsWiz: ==> Press <ENTER> to acknowledge::

HOSTS.LIST has a line for LOCALHOST, with architecture LINUX.
Why can't it figure out the host type?


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