PCLinux OS and Ktorrent

[webmanny]

Hi all,

First of all let me apologize for the dumb questions I'm about to ask.

I am new to Linux so I decided to go with the most windows like version PCLinux to make it an easier transition. The problem is that I don't know any of the coding for Linux.

I want to install several things that I have found and downloaded for example:

1- Ktorrent - I have version 2.1.2 and I downloaded the source code but when I go to the console and follow the installation steps I get this right after the ./configure step:

[root@localhost ktorrent-2.1.2]# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for kde-config... /usr/bin/kde-config
checking where to install... /usr (as returned by kde-config)
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl.exe... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking dependency style of g++... none
checking whether gcc is blacklisted... no
checking whether g++ supports -Wmissing-format-attribute... no
checking whether gcc supports -Wmissing-format-attribute... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wundef... no
checking whether g++ supports -Wno-long-long... no
checking whether g++ supports -Wno-non-virtual-dtor... no
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.

This are the steps as I got them from ktorrent site:

How to compile

Compiling and installing from the source code goes as follows : (replacing X.Y by the correct version number)
tar -xvzf ktorrent-X.Y.tar.gz
cd ktorrent-X.Y
./configure
make
make install

The other things I would like to have on Linux that I used a lot on windows are:

2- Roxio
3- WinAVI (This is a video converter so I can create DVD movies.)

Do they come for Linux? If not are there any equivalents?

Thank you in advance for your help with this issue.

Best Regards,

Manny

[Juan Pablo]

Have you tried APT to install KTorrent?

2- Roxio -- Install K3b
3- WinAVI -- Try QDVDAuthor

[webmanny]

Thanks a bunch. I was being stupid I guess, because I found Synaptic installed on my computer and that thing installs most of the software automatically.

Now I am really loving my PCLinux not to mention Beryl... I mean God! This looks awesome!

Thanks for your pointers regarding the other apps I will give them a try.

[bhuthogg]

im new to linux as of today,

im also looking to make dvds from avi but haven't found much other than this tread.

i too used to like WINAVI on xp...

anyhoo i cant get the qdvdauthor-0.1.5 to install

using Ubuntu 6.10
- the Edgy Eft

can anyone make a guide a little more specific than http://www.cutlersoftware.com/ubuntuinstall/

Cheers

Bri

[bryansmith]

Please post in the Ubuntu forum. You will get better results.

Make sure to post exact problems.