[SWLUG] can anyone help? Installing avi-xmms

[Peter Prior]

dan at localhost ~]$ file /usr/bin/gcc
/usr/bin/gcc: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Hitachi SH, version 1 (SYSV), 
for GNU/Linux 2.2.15, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
[dan at localhost ~]$

That would be your problem.. somehow you've installed GCC for the 
Hitachi SH processor which according to Gareth Bowker is the processor 
used in the dreamcast.
Firstly,  bravo :)
Secondly, you may want to check you install i386 / i586 rpms as I 
presume you're running on an intel / amd platform.

Once you have, rerunning file /usr/bin/gcc should give you something like:

pprior at gentoo ~ $ file /usr/bin/gcc
/usr/bin/gcc: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), 
for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
pprior at gentoo ~ $

Note the Intel 80386 bit :)

Pete

dan wrote:

> Peter Prior wrote:
>
>> What does file /usr/bin/gcc give you?
>> Try running gcc on its own and see what that gives you.  it should be 
>> something like "no input files".
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> dan wrote:
>>
>>> Peter Prior wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you have gcc installed ?
>>>>
>>>> you can check by doing: rpm -qa |grep gcc
>>>>
>>>> If you haven't - install it.  If it is installed, run: file 
>>>> /usr/bin/gcc and see what it gives you.
>>>>
>>>> The only time I've seen that before is where the binary file 
>>>> (program) has been compiled for the wrong architecture / os, but I 
>>>> could be wrong.
>>>>
>>>> Pete
>>>>
>>>> dan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>> can anyone answer this one for me please? as i have spent a whole 
>>>>> day trying to work this out sorry i am a bit of a noob
>>>>>
>>>>> [dan at localhost avi-xmms-1.2.3]$ ./configure && make && make install
>>>>> loading cache ./config.cache
>>>>> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>>>>> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
>>>>> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
>>>>> checking for working aclocal... found
>>>>> checking for working autoconf... found
>>>>> checking for working automake... found
>>>>> checking for working autoheader... found
>>>>> checking for working makeinfo... missing
>>>>> checking for gcc... gcc
>>>>> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
>>>>> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C 
>>>>> compiler cannot create executables.
>>>>> [dan at localhost avi-xmms-1.2.3]$
>>>>>
>>>>> and the config.log shows:-
>>>>>
>>>>> This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
>>>>> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
>>>>>
>>>>> configure:752: checking for a BSD compatible install
>>>>> configure:805: checking whether build environment is sane
>>>>> configure:862: checking whether make sets ${MAKE}
>>>>> configure:908: checking for working aclocal
>>>>> configure:921: checking for working autoconf
>>>>> configure:934: checking for working automake
>>>>> configure:947: checking for working autoheader
>>>>> configure:960: checking for working makeinfo
>>>>> configure:1026: checking for gcc
>>>>> configure:1139: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works
>>>>> configure:1155: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
>>>>> ./configure: line 1154: /usr/bin/gcc: cannot execute binary file
>>>>> configure: failed program was:
>>>>>
>>>>> #line 1150 "configure"
>>>>> #include "confdefs.h"
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> yeha i think so
>>>
>>> [dan at localhost ~]$ rpm -qa |grep gcc
>>> gcc-3.0.4-3
>>> libgcc-3.4.3-4
>>> [dan at localhost ~]$
>>>
>>
>>
> it gives me
>
> [dan at localhost ~]$ file /usr/bin/gcc
> /usr/bin/gcc: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Hitachi SH, version 1 (SYSV), 
> for GNU/Linux 2.2.15, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
> [dan at localhost ~]$
>