general installation problems, HELP!

**turbo_h4** · 01-05-2005

whenever I try to install things using the tar.gz files. I usually try to use the configure/make method. However, whenver I configure, I always get errors.

Code:

&#91;root@localhost glib-1.2.8&#93;# ls
acconfig.h         gdataset.c             gmem.c       ltmain.sh
acglib.m4          gdate.c                gmessages.c  Makefile.am
acinclude.m4       gerror.c               gmodule      Makefile.in
aclocal.m4         ghash.c                gmutex.c     makefile.msc
AUTHORS            ghook.c                gnode.c      makefile.msc.in
ChangeLog          giochannel.c           gprimes.c    missing
config.guess       giounix.c              grel.c       mkinstalldirs
config.h.in        giowin32.c             gscanner.c   NEWS
config.h.win32     glibconfig.h.win32     gslist.c     README
config.h.win32.in  glibconfig.h.win32.in  gstrfuncs.c  README.win32
config.sub         glib-config.in         gstring.c    sanity_check
configure          glib.def               gthread      stamp-h.in
configure.in       glib.h                 gtimer.c     testgdate.c
COPYING            glib.m4                gtree.c      testgdateparser.c
docs               glib.spec              gutils.c     testglib.c
garray.c           glib.spec.in           INSTALL      tests
gcache.c           glist.c                install-sh
gcompletion.c      gmain.c                ltconfig
&#91;root@localhost glib-1.2.8&#93;# ./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets $&#123;MAKE&#125;... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking host system type... configure&#58; error&#58; can not guess host type; you must specify one

Code:

&#91;root@localhost xmms-1.2.10&#93;# ls
ABOUT-NLS     config.sub    INSTALL      mkinstalldirs  xmms
acconfig.h    configure     install-sh   NEWS           xmms.1.in
acinclude.m4  configure.in  intl         Output         xmms-config.in
aclocal.m4    COPYING       libxmms      po             xmms.m4
AUTHORS       depcomp       ltconfig     README         xmms.spec
ChangeLog     Effect        ltmain.sh    TODO           xmms.spec.in
config.guess  FAQ           Makefile.am  Visualization
config.h.in   General       Makefile.in  wmxmms
config.rpath  Input         missing      wmxmms.1.in
&#91;root@localhost xmms-1.2.10&#93;# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $&#40;MAKE&#41;... yes
checking for prefix by checking for xmms... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure&#58; error&#58; no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

**dylunio** · 01-05-2005

For this error:

Originally Posted by turbo_h4

Code:

configure&#58; error&#58; no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

You must install gcc (but not as source, use rpm etc);

dylunio

**turbo_h4** · 01-05-2005

also, sometimes when I use the RPM, when I double click i get a

Code:

Source RPM

The file "/root/glib-1.2.10-15.src.rpm" is a source RPM which cannot be installed with system-config-packages.

what does that mean?

**dylunio** · 01-05-2005

Originally Posted by turbo_h4

also, sometimes when I use the RPM, when I double click i get a

Code:

Source RPM

The file "/root/glib-1.2.10-15.src.rpm" is a source RPM which cannot be installed with system-config-packages.

what does that mean?

I'm not sure but try the following in terminal as root:

Code:

rpm -i <filename.rpm>

dylunio

**Stormblazer** · 01-05-2005

Because it's an RPM that contains the source code rather than the actual package. I reccomend using the Fedora Core package manager (NOT yum) to install all the development headers.
Basically, you didn't install any development tools or headers, which are required to compile stuff from source.

**turbo_h4** · 01-05-2005

Code:

&#91;root@localhost ~&#93;# rpm -i xmms-1.2.10-1.src.rpm
warning&#58; user havardk does not exist - using root
warning&#58; group havardk does not exist - using root
warning&#58; user havardk does not exist - using root
warning&#58; group havardk does not exist - using root
&#91;root@localhost ~&#93;#

what is havardk? also, where can I get libid3 rpm for fedora? I can only find it for mandrake.

**dylunio** · 01-05-2005

Originally Posted by turbo_h4

also, where can I get libid3 rpm for fedora? I can only find it for mandrake.

look here

dylunio

**turbo_h4** · 01-05-2005

the one that is offered for FC3 is libid3tag, which is differenet from libid3 (i think). I tried it but it doesn't seem right.

Also, what does this mean?

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -i glib-1.2.10-15.src.rpm
warning: glib-1.2.10-15.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2

**Stormblazer** · 01-05-2005

You're aware that installing a source RPM doesn't mean it compiles and installs the software for you right? It only installs the source code to a preset directory. It's usally better to use tar.gz/tar.bz2 (tarballs) for installing from source, as a general rule. Source RPMs are really for rebuilding the RPM with different options.

**turbo_h4** · 01-05-2005

ok, now i'm trying to install glib using glib-1.2.10-15.i386.rpm. It says the package is

Code:

Package already installed

The package "glib" is currently installed.

However, when trying to ./configure xmms, i get

Code:

&#91;root@localhost xmms-1.2.10&#93;# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
.
.
checking for glib-config... /usr/local/bin/glib-config
checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.2...
*** 'glib-config --version' returned 1.2.8, but GLIB &#40;1.2.10&#41;
*** was found! If glib-config was correct, then it is best
*** to remove the old version of GLIB. You may also be able to fix the error
*** by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable, or by editing
*** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig if that is
*** required on your system.
*** If glib-config was wrong, set the environment variable GLIB_CONFIG
*** to point to the correct copy of glib-config, and remove the file config.cache
*** before re-running configure
no
configure&#58; error&#58; *** GLIB >= 1.2.2 not installed - please install first ***

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