Problem building/compiling

[Chris Green]

I am trying to compile vile on a web hosting system where I have a
Linux ssh login account.  The C preprocessor is problematic:-

    bash-3.2$ pwd
    /var/sites/o/oasis41.co.uk/tmp/vile-9.8
    bash-3.2$ ./configure
    checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
    checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
    Configuring for linux-gnu
    checking for gcc... gcc
    checking for C compiler default output... a.out
    checking whether the C compiler works... yes
    checking whether we are cross compiling... no
    checking for executable suffix... 
    checking for object suffix... o
    checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
    checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
    checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
    configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
    bash-3.2$ 

Are there any obvious things to try in order to get round this problem?

Alternatively is there a way to create an executable image which
includes all libraries etc., like appimage format?  The system reports
its architecture etc. as:-

    bash-3.2$ uname -a
    Linux shell3.gridhost.co.uk 2.6.32-754.27.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 28 
14:11:45 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux



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Chris Green