Unable to install binutils on my ubuntu

Question

I am trying to install binutils on my ubuntu:

1. Downloaded the package binutils-2.22
2. I run ./configure & I get an error saying C compiler cannot create executables. Confused with the config.log really. Looks like it looking for some extra options..Can you please help?

The following error from config.log looks to be the problem:

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/4.6/lto-wrapper

Target: x86_64-linux-gnu

Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable- languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --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 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)

configure:4018: $? = 0

configure:4007: gcc -V >&5

gcc: error: unrecognized option '-V'

gcc: fatal error: no input files

compilation terminated.

configure:4018: $? = 4

configure:4007: gcc -qversion >&5

gcc: error: unrecognized option '-qversion'

gcc: fatal error: no input files

compilation terminated.

configure:4018: $? = 4

configure:4038: checking for C compiler default output file name

configure:4060: gcc conftest.c >&5

/usr/local/bin/ld: this linker was not configured to use sysroots

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

configure:4064: $? = 1

configure:4101: result:

configure: failed program was:

| /* confdefs.h */

Answer 1

why compile it manually?

    apt-get install binutils