[SWLUG] can anyone help? Installing avi-xmms

[dan]

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 ~]$
>>
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i get this

[root at blackstar avi-xmms-1.2.3]# 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
[root at blackstar avi-xmms-1.2.3]#