Linux OS - Trouble Installing Open VPN

[SamSage]

hello,

I'm new to Linux and Open VPN. Appreciate any support. I have searched the forums for the errors I have found in my config.log file (the error that I received for me to review config file was "C compiler cannot create executables"

I'm installing openvpn -2.4.4 on Linux Mint 18.1

this machine is not connected to the internet and want to get Open VPN running first and then connect it. using USB to do installs.

Here is my log file - any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

**************** Log File ***********************

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by OpenVPN configure 2.4.4, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69. Invocation command line was

$ ./configure

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = threeofmany
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 4.4.0-53-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #74-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 2 15:59:10 UTC 2016

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown

/bin/arch = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown

PATH: /home/three/bin
PATH: /home/three/.local/bin
PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/games
PATH: /usr/local/games


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:2998: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:3066: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:3077: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:3132: result: yes
configure:3283: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p
configure:3322: result: /bin/mkdir -p
configure:3329: checking for gawk
configure:3345: found /usr/bin/gawk
configure:3356: result: gawk
configure:3367: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:3389: result: yes
configure:3418: checking whether make supports nested variables
configure:3435: result: yes
configure:3564: checking build system type
configure:3578: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:3598: checking host system type
configure:3611: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:3643: checking for style of include used by make
configure:3671: result: GNU
configure:3742: checking for gcc
configure:3758: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:3769: result: gcc
configure:3998: checking for C compiler version
configure:4007: gcc --version >&5
gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) 5.4.0 20160609
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

configure:4018: $? = 0
configure:4007: gcc -v >&5
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-5/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-5 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-5-amd64 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4)
configure:4018: $? = 0
configure:4007: gcc -V >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:4018: $? = 1
configure:4007: gcc -qversion >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:4018: $? = 1
configure:4038: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:4060: gcc conftest.c >&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find crtn.o: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:4064: $? = 1
configure:4102: result: no
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "OpenVPN"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "openvpn"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.4.4"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "OpenVPN 2.4.4"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net"
| #define PACKAGE_URL ""
| #define OPENVPN_VERSION_RESOURCE 2,4,4,0
| #define OPENVPN_VERSION_MAJOR 2
| #define OPENVPN_VERSION_MINOR 4
| #define OPENVPN_VERSION_PATCH ".4"
| #define PACKAGE "openvpn"
| #define VERSION "2.4.4"
| /* end confdefs.h. */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
| ;
| return 0;
| }
configure:4107: error: in `/home/three/Downloads/openvpn-2.4.4':
configure:4109: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

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## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##

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## Output variables. ##
## ----------------- ##

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AR=''
AS=''
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AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /home/three/Downloads/openvpn-2.4.4/missing autoheader'
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## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

/* confdefs.h */
#define PACKAGE_NAME "OpenVPN"
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "openvpn"
#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.4.4"
#define PACKAGE_STRING "OpenVPN 2.4.4"
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net"
#define PACKAGE_URL ""
#define OPENVPN_VERSION_RESOURCE 2,4,4,0
#define OPENVPN_VERSION_MAJOR 2
#define OPENVPN_VERSION_MINOR 4
#define OPENVPN_VERSION_PATCH ".4"
#define PACKAGE "openvpn"
#define VERSION "2.4.4"

configure: exit 77

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