'configure: error: Fortran compiler cannot create executables

I'm trying to install Quantum ESPRESSO on my computer and have run into an issue when using the ./configure command in the unpacked directory.

$ ./configure 
checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin21.2.0
checking ARCH... mac686
checking setting AR... ... ar
checking setting ARFLAGS... ... ruv
checking for gfortran... gfortran
checking whether the Fortran compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/Users/myname/winter/q-e-qe-6.8':
configure: error: Fortran compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

I just updated to macOS Monterey and have GNU Fortran (Homebrew GCC 11.2.0_3) 11.2.0 installed.

When trying to debug this, I looked at the config.log file and looked at similar googled questions. They all point me to updating or reinstalling things, like gcc, which I subsequently did.

Does the problem have to do with this:

$ gcc --version
Configured with: --prefix=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple clang version 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.12)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin21.2.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin

I can see that the version is 4.2.1, but I'm unaware of what Apple clang is. Is it a PATH issue?

I'd appreciate any help.

P.S. Please choose to be kind in responses.

Here is part of the config.log:

Thread model: posix
Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
gcc version 11.2.0 (Homebrew GCC 11.2.0_3)
configure:2542: $? = 0
configure:2531: gfortran -V >&5
gfortran: error: unrecognized command-line option '-V'
gfortran: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:2542: $? = 1
configure:2531: gfortran -qversion >&5
gfortran: error: unrecognized command-line option '-qversion'; did you mean '--version'?
gfortran: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:2542: $? = 1
configure:2557: checking whether the Fortran compiler works
configure:2579: gfortran    conftest.f  >&5
clang: error: invalid version number in '-mmacosx-version-min=12.1'
configure:2583: $? = 1
configure:2621: result: no
configure: failed program was:
|       program main

For reference:

$ gfortran --version
GNU Fortran (Homebrew GCC 11.2.0_3) 11.2.0
Copyright (C) 2021 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.```
c++gccclang


Solution 1:[1]

I had the same issue and I solved by doing the following:

  1. Removing the old tools ($ sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools).

  2. Installing xcode command line tools again ($ xcode-select --install).

It was retrieved from: How to update Xcode from command line

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